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Title: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/24/13 at 06:46:24 I finally took the plunge this weekend, and removed the airbox...and installed a homemade "intake" w/ a K&N air cone filter. Here's what happened, and why I'm confused... After finishing it Saturday night, I took it a couple miles down the road & back, and it ran flawlessly! I was amazed at the difference in power, low end torque, and throttle responce that were added. Sunday afternoon I went for a two hour ride, and again it ran perfect. Later that evening, during the last five minutes of a one hour ride, it began to hesitate, and what I would describe as "fluttering". I thought that I might be out of gas, but it's got about a half tank. I let it sit for about an hour and took it a couple of miles down the road, and again spitting & sputtering! It seems to accelerate and decel ok, but when it levels off at any steady speed, it flutters. I realize that I've changed the way the carb gets air, and this could change the way it runs...including a possible rejet, but wouldn't that show up immediately? Why after so long of running great? Any ideas? Anything else it could be that I'm missing? (I was real careful as to make sure there was no "trash" in the intake when I put it on...I thought) Sorry for being so wordy, but I am NOT a carb guy, so I wanted to explain it as best as I can. Thanks for the help! |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by verslagen1 on 06/24/13 at 07:05:37 test your petcock. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/24/13 at 07:08:02 657661607F7274767D22130 wrote:
please define "test". |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by verslagen1 on 06/24/13 at 07:53:16 6942424954151C192D0 wrote:
please define "test".[/quote] Hit the link in my siggy go down to petcock the test is the 1st one. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Finney138 on 06/24/13 at 08:07:23 im running the same set up, make sure your all sealed up at every connection of the intake, i used rtv. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by EJID on 06/24/13 at 08:49:54 Off topic...but do I see another rider with bicycle pegs :-? I thought Serowbot was the only one crazy enough to try that ;D (Looks good, hope you get the kinks worked out) |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by apache snow on 06/24/13 at 08:53:34 Don't think I would like the air filter right next to the head pulling hot air from it. :-? |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/24/13 at 09:59:09 5F50535E1A0 wrote:
Yessir you do! The spinning took a bit of getting used to, but I absolutely love them! |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/24/13 at 10:03:32 243524262D20362B2A32450 wrote:
I was a little concerned with that...as a matter of fact, that was the reason for letting the bike sit for an hour. I wanted to see if cooler air would make a difference. The pic doesn't show it from that perspective, but there is actually about 3" between the two. It makes for a bit of a wide seating position...but I got a lot of room with them there bicycle pegs. ;) |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by 87 savage on 06/24/13 at 16:23:57 644F4F4459181114200 wrote:
I would think any issue would show up immediately if it was something to do with your mod. Have to agree with Verslagen, test your petcock! :) |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/26/13 at 10:49:19 So I attempted to "test the petcock". First I went for a very short (2 mile) test ride to see if I can get a baseline for what point it starts missing, so when I do the test, I can notice any difference. I removed the vac line & sucked on it to see if there was any fuel leaking, and no, it was dry. I then proceeded to block off both the hose & the carb, and set the petcock to PRI. I barely made it out of the driveway & it died. Wouldn't start. Sounded like it was starving for fuel. pulled out the two plugs, placed the line back on the carb, set the petcock back, and it started right up. So, any ideas? Am I looking at a bad petcock? |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by verslagen1 on 06/26/13 at 11:15:18 prime is with the lever pointing backwards... right? |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by Doody814 on 06/26/13 at 14:47:14 Yes, right opposite of reserve & perpendicular to on. It's a '97, but I was assuming they're all the same.?.? |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by verslagen1 on 06/26/13 at 15:09:05 5C77777C6120292C180 wrote:
Yes, they're all the same. just wanted to confirm you knew where prime was. either it's been converted to manual or it's bad. either way, it don't work for you. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by LANCER on 06/27/13 at 06:02:28 Get yourself a Raptor petcock and be done with that demon thing. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by arteacher on 06/27/13 at 14:27:20 If it isn't a petcock issue there is something else you might consider: Quite often K&B filters are over oiled. This extra oil gets sucked into the carb and causes problems. |
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Title: Re: New Intake, now I'm confused Post by 87 savage on 06/27/13 at 16:44:51 29242B2620377772450 wrote:
+1 ;D |
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