odvelasc wrote on 03/14/09 at 07:56:31:


Throttle open won't flood it but it won't start either. If it's flooded there should be a smell of gas at the exhaust at least.
Have you been starting it below freezing all the time? If you remove and/or replace the plug, heat it up somehow before installing. Warming up the crankcase would be nice, a tarp and small portable heater, even a 60 watt bulb near the oil drain for an hour or two would help.

update, the plug stunk of gas a bit, and was very sooty sooo changed it. The neutral light was dimming when trying to start and it kinda start and died right away. Sooo I pulled the battery and it is currently charging.

Alright, the battery just needed a good charge. The bike started up and will stay on if I give it throttle. However, it wont stay running without throttle. Smells a little rich. God danm its f'in loud. I forgot how loud the bike is.

Which way is lean on the air mixture screw? clockwise or counterclockwise? The idle screw(one on the left) loosens up after 1.5 turns. TUrn this in or out?

yeah I put it up. But the way it works is that the air mix screw is on the right side when facing forward and idle on the left. I guess its the same concept as the BS carb. Lean is in, rich is out. I took it for its inaugural spring run and it is definitely running rich. As i am throttling the bike stutters quite a bit. I am off to work now, so the tank is coming off tomorrow and I guess I should adjust the needle to lean it out. Nothing I do with the air mixture seems to help with staying on, nor with the mixture screw.

Update on the darn thing. It still starts but it still wont stay idling. I set the needle to the highest position on the grooves meaning it is sitting into the carb more (thus more lean). I am getting black sooty smoke coming from the muffler and god dang it stinks. I went as far as 2 full turns out with the idle screw and the air mixture screw. Just to make sure I am doing the right thing, the air mixture screw requires a flat head screw driver, and is on the right? Anyways, I dont know what else to do now. Maybe I will change my oil as it is a little low and I did not leave the fill cap of for most of the winter (oops). I am about to lose it and just put the old carb back on.

You got a used carb like me, take nothing for granted, check float level
could be too high. Maybe go down to a 15 pilot. And also read your ufo instructions, might need to drill that hole in the needle jet. I did.
Too rich, pull your air filter and see if that makes a diff, drop main jet maybe, it will have an affect.
Main thing is don't give up yet.
Seviersavage