Carb overflowing ... again!!!

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Carb overflowing ... again!!!

19 Jun 2015 03:15 - 19 Jun 2015 03:16
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OK, I'm picking this up where I left of in my electrical issue thread in which later moved to a carb issue. The electrical issue is fine now. The carb issue isn't. Or at least it wasn't till I pulled the carbs again today. For the second time in a week I had a carb overflowing. The first time I found a pc of trash in the seat of #3 carb. Removed the trash and polished the seat all was good. Now this second time (#4 cyl) I removed all of the seats to check um for trash and polish all of them this time. What did I find ... remember telling me about a sliver of fuel line getting cut off from the inside when installing it onto a hose barb ... Yeah. That's exactly what I found sitting in the bottom of #4 seat. Bike runs great now. Except for the new clutch started slipping today.
Yeah, I know ... wrong forum for clutch problems. I'll make it short by saying I think the adjustment screw was too tight. I set it while the engine was cold and have now re-set it while hot. Haven't tested it yet but will tomorrow. If I still have a slipping issue I'll start another thread on it.

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Re: Carb overflowing ... again!!!

19 Jun 2015 07:36
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Have you replaced your fuel lines? They can come apart with age you know.
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Re: Carb overflowing ... again!!!

19 Jun 2015 09:20
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what oil are you running in the motor?? ..is JASO/MA certified ? ...if not, then that could be making your clutch slip
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Re: Carb overflowing ... again!!!

19 Jun 2015 11:41
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swest wrote: Have you replaced your fuel lines? They can come apart with age you know.
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Yes. Twice in fact because I didn't like the way I ran it the first time.

As for oil ... Castol GTX 10-40. (not energy conserving) Thinking about changing to Chevron Delo 15-40.
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