Above: stripped and complete carbs
Before stripping, you can check the fuel pump diagragm hasnt ruptured
suck on the pipe going from the crankcase - there should be a resistance, if you can suck air thru - the diapragm must be broken/leaking.
another check is to make sure jets and galleries are clear
before removing low (idle-screw) and high (power-Tbar) speed jets from the side, it is worth noting how many turns out they have been adjusted to (count the turns to the nearest eight'h of a turn until the jet
GENTLY comes to a stop. noting the turns for each place a bowl/tray to catch the petrol, remove the two jets. remove the HT cap to prevent firing, and run the engine - this will
eject/clear debris from the galleries, and give you an indication of the fuel supply, and contamination if any. you can also inset a piece of 1/4" (like
used in windscreen washer) tube into the jet and blow out any grit? it might be possible to make a wire tool to clean out the bleed holes, but id advise removing/stripping instead
replace the jets, resetting them to the original turns-out, or 1+1/4 turns out if you forgot.
if the crank case pipe is not connected it wont pump fuel
if the carb is flooding/leaking fuel - suspect the float-diapragm is compromised/leaking |