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Single_Spark Junior Member Offline Here goes nothing... Posts: 51 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #15 - 05/28/13 at 21:20:56 I'll have to start a photobucket account or something to post pics tomorrow. I tried to start again today and something frightening happened. Gas started shooting out of the carburetor vents. Does this mean my float valve could be stuck? It was starting to get dark so I quit. Like a chump.
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #16 - 05/29/13 at 20:37:14 Single_Spark wrote on 05/28/13 at 21:20:56: ...Does this mean my float valve could be stuck?.... Yup.
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Re: What's wrong with my carb?
Reply #17 - 05/29/13 at 20:46:04

Update:

Since gas was shooting out of the vent tube ports the last time I worked on the bike (the tubes were off), I figured the carb was flooded because of a stuck float valve and tapped the float bowl. I disconnected the fuel line and drained the carb of fuel, installed the vent tubes, reconnected the fuel line and tightened everything up. Bike still wouldn't start.

Could the air/fuel mixture be so far off to keep the bike from starting? The air mix screw is stripped beyond belief, so there's no adjusting it.

I also noticed the right side of the carburetor was wet with gas when I was looking at the air mix screw. It seemed it might have been slowly leaking out of the enrichment valve cover. I tightened all the screws on the cover and noticed one of them was fairly loose. If there was an air leak in this part of the carb, could that also be a possibility of why the bike won't start?

I'm looking for a direction to go in since this is my first time working on a motorcycle (or engine, for that matter). THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR HELP!!!

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Marcial YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 14	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #18 - 05/30/13 at 07:53:01 Although I can't give you any insight good luck figuring out what's wrong hope you're out riding soon.
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Single_Spark Junior Member Offline Here goes nothing... Posts: 51 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #19 - 05/30/13 at 10:17:04 I'm having trouble finding the part number for the air mix screw. Anyone have it?
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Re: What's wrong with my carb?
Reply #20 - 05/30/13 at 12:02:28

According to the RonAyers fiche...

Item #41

mfg part #13269-37400
their sku #187410
their price $7.36

Same part # for several years like most things on this model.

http://www.ronayers.com/ProductDetails/N/687/SKU/187410
http://www.ronayers.com/WhereUsed/N/9935/PartNumber/13269-37400
http://www.ronayers.com/Fiche/TypeID/26/Type/CARBURETOR/MakeID/2/Make/Suzuki/...

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apache snow-FSO Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 509 Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #21 - 05/30/13 at 15:19:52 These people are good to buy from. The screw is the same for all years. http://www.boulevardsuzuki.com/fiche_section_detail.asp?section=1442281&categ...
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Re: What's wrong with my carb?
Reply #22 - 05/30/13 at 16:33:21

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I'm looking for a direction to go in since this is my first time working on a motorcycle (or engine, for that matter).
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There has been a lot done to this bike, the carb, the cam chain, and the valves adjust, and from what you insinuated, it was not done by you.
How do we know that the valve timing is correct, or that the valves were adjusted correctly. Any of these repairs or adjustments could cause the engine to not start, or run incorrectly.

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bigdawg YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #23 - 05/30/13 at 20:41:08 Hi all i just got a 98 ls650 for the wife. I had the carb rebuilt and the bike fires right up my issue is that i get a fuel mist from carb air inlet. I think it is to rich but I am not 100% on that. Any thoughts? Thanks By inlet i mean where the air cleaner goes
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #24 - 05/30/13 at 20:54:44 idle speed might be low
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bigdawg YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 13	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #25 - 06/01/13 at 22:46:01 We made a air cleaner pipe for the bike and with it on the bike wont run. And what jet do you all run with Harley stock slip on exhaust?
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Single_Spark Junior Member Offline Here goes nothing... Posts: 51 Portland, OR Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #26 - 06/06/13 at 11:27:39 Are air screws, springs, washers and brass plugs the same for all model years?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #27 - 06/06/13 at 11:44:40 bigdawg wrote on 06/01/13 at 22:46:01: We made a air cleaner pipe for the bike and with it on the bike wont run. And what jet do you all run with Harley stock slip on exhaust? Does your air cleaner pipe and adapters block off the vent hole? The vent is at the top of the inlet opening in this photo.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18098 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #28 - 06/06/13 at 11:46:27 Single_Spark wrote on 06/06/13 at 11:27:39: Are air screws, springs, washers and brass plugs the same for all model years? I beleive so....however the jets have changed a bit depending on year and where the bike was sold.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: What's wrong with my carb? Reply #29 - 06/07/13 at 09:38:00 I'm just gonna throw this out there since no one has mentioned it... spark, if you have a raptor installed on the bike now you will need to block off the vacuum port on the carb (I used a small screw and then capped it with a rubber cap). It is on the right side of the carb near the enrichment valve... Is it blocked off?
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