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Having issues after a long winter
03/09/10 at 07:34:51

Well winter is finally over and i want to go ride again!
Over the winter I bought at cone air filter and re jetted the carb with lancers jets.
Now I can get the bike started and running but it will not idle long and when i try to ride it the low end is very sputtery. also when i rev the engine real hard it will back fire and throw flames from the exhaust? any ideas on how to get back to running smoothly again would be great.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #1 - 03/09/10 at 07:41:08 I am curious, how did it run before ?
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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #2 - 03/09/10 at 07:51:06 Ran fine before I took it off the road for the winter and did the few mods I also have a stock header with a sportster muffler attached
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #3 - 03/09/10 at 08:07:20 How long sitting? Fresh gas? whatza sparky like? Jets, before and after? whiskey or beer?
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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #5 - 03/09/10 at 08:09:35 New Spark plug and the gas I put fresh gas in the tank then emptied the tank because it was rusty. then put new gas in again.
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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #6 - 03/09/10 at 08:10:25 verslagen1 wrote on 03/09/10 at 08:07:20: How long sitting? Fresh gas? whatza sparky like? Jets, before and after? whiskey or beer? Whiskey and beer!! I used the Jets lancer sells Sat for 3 months
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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #7 - 03/09/10 at 08:14:24 Just started her up and was really hard to start as well and if i keep the throttle on at low rpm it stutters
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Re: Having issues after a long winter
Reply #8 - 03/09/10 at 08:25:08

Put it back to stock and see if it runs as it should. Then make ONE modification at a time and note the results. That way you might be able to figure out the best setup. Changing more than one thing at a time is usually a road to trouble.

Since you say there is rust in the gas tank, put an in-line fuel filter between the petcock and the carburetor.

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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #9 - 03/09/10 at 08:27:45 Fuel filter is in place going to put new gas in it now let you know the results
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Re: Having issues after a long winter
Reply #10 - 03/09/10 at 08:33:02

Charon's got your problem, if you have a rusty tank you just put some rust flakes into your jets & passages -- go get you an in line gas filter and clean out the jets & passages in your carb and see if your issues don't disappear.

Always always have a fuel filter installed on your Savage -- the bikes were not designed to use alcohol fuel mixes and they have ZERO rust preventative plastic layers in the gas tank, etc.

Alcohol is in most regular gas nowadays -- it causes corrosion in unlined steel gas tanks.

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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #11 - 03/09/10 at 10:04:14 new gas and seams to still be idling hard but stays running much better. she she backfires after i rev her and spitting flames out the back
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #12 - 03/09/10 at 10:07:13 Put some Sea Foam in the gas it should clear it up.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #13 - 03/09/10 at 10:35:54 Ouch ! Rust in tank minus no fuel filter = clean carb ! BTW, wheres the fuel filter ? Mine don't have one either ? Seems like I seen one on the petcock,....but if I remember right, it wouldn't do much more than keep butterflies out. I think I'll put a finer one inline.
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shermeco Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 65	Re: Having issues after a long winter Reply #14 - 03/09/10 at 11:00:38 so i was digging around in the carb and realized that the spring that is suppose to be where the white spacer is missing how important is that spring?
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