Bogging again :/ 82 kz550 ltd

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06 Aug 2011 22:20 #467342 by JonZweifel
Bogging again :/ 82 kz550 ltd was created by JonZweifel
Hey guys its been a while since ive been on,

Sry if this is short im om a phone,
ok so I had a new clutch put in today and took it for about a hundred mile ride,
about halfway throigh I was riding and the bike bogged hard and lost ALOT of power. It stayed that way the resyt of the ride, if I gsve it anythimg past 3/4 throttle it did nothing and bogged harder. I do have a dynojet kit installed but its been in for momths no problems. I Inspected the jets they look good, the floats however have a decent knick in ecach one, one float especially is really yellowish and corroded lookimg, do you think this is my peoblem? If so why did it lose so much power so suddenly?
thamks for any help

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06 Aug 2011 22:57 - 06 Aug 2011 22:58 #467352 by Patton
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Several possibilities.
Checking for combustion in the cylinders is as good a place as any to begin diagnosis.

One possibility is that the engine lost combustion in one or two cylinders, for whatever reason.

Would start the cold engine, allow to run a few seconds, and then spray water mist over the header pipes.
If a cylinder is combusting, the mist with instantly vaporize and sizzle off the pipe.
If not combusting, the mist will form water droplets that roll down the pipe.

Got combustion in all cylinders?

Good Fortune!

1973 Z1
KZ900 LTD
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06 Aug 2011 23:30 #467363 by JonZweifel
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cool ill give that a shot in the A.M., if it is combudtion what sre some possibilities that would cause that? There was also pretty good amounts of gas coming out of the float bowl drains and there was a little bit of gas spraying out of the carbs where the air pods go if that helps any

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06 Aug 2011 23:45 #467367 by Patton
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JonZweifel wrote: cool ill give that a shot in the A.M., if it is combudtion what sre some possibilities that would cause that? There was also pretty good amounts of gas coming out of the float bowl drains and there was a little bit of gas spraying out of the carbs where the air pods go if that helps any


gas coming out of the float bowl drains --- may be the overflow circuits trying to do their job as necessitated by malfunctioning floats.

And might also cause fuel fouling of the spark plugs and consequent misfire .

Good Fortune! :)

1973 Z1
KZ900 LTD

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