Hey guys. Been going through your forums trying whatever I can to try and get my wife's savage running. We picked up a 98 with 300 miles on it this summer, and she has yet to be able to ride it
The problem:
Slow to start, taking about 15-20 seconds on the starter and max gas (I know, it's bad for it) to get it going, then it stutters and won't stay running unless I have a lot of gas on it. I've gone through to carb, changed the plugs, and then I came across the Raptor mod and the symptoms described there sounded much like what I was going through, so I ordered the new petcock. Installed it, ran it up a couple times and VIOLA, it's purring like a kitten. I go to turn the idle down a bit, and the bike dies. AND I'm back to the same problem.
Here are some things I've noticed that seem a bit odd:
When I took the filter off to clean out the airbox from the old petcock draining too much gas, the filter was soaked in gasoline. Would this cause the bike to not start?
Also, the pipe is generating an obscene amount of fumes from the middle of the pipe.
Please, anyone, all suggestions are welcome!
Thanks in advance.