Domo
XS400 Member
Hey everyone. This thread has been great in helping me come up with a plan, as this sounds very very similar to whats happening with my bike right now. So I thought I'd tack on another question.
I noticed its been running on one cylinder but, runs. So thats something.
I havent actually done any of the work mentioned above yet, and today I went to start the bike up. With full choke on, it barely idled then died.
It wouldnt turn over, on any choke level, and when I finally got it to turn, it came on, idled around 5500 for a few seconds, then dropped, and shut off. Couldnt get her going again.
I also noticed the left side (weak cylinder side) when it was running, there was a touch of grey smoke coming out the exhaust (no smoke on good side) and it sounded hollow and high pitched.
Does this sounds like more symptoms of a dirty carb, and un synced carb floats?
If I read this threads history correctly, what solved your problem jscgdunn, was:
Adjust the float level to perfection.
Cleaned the carb, and most importantly the float bowls (using heat)
Had the valve clearances checked and carbs sync'd.
Ive read that the 81's carb sync screws are inset by factory default, and should not be tampered with. And also that I can remove the float bowls without taking off the whole carb. Does that mean I can clean the float bowls, and adjust the floats without taking the whole carb off?
Im fairly new to moto maintenance and carbs frighten me! haha.
Can anyone confirm any of this?
Thanks.
I noticed its been running on one cylinder but, runs. So thats something.
I havent actually done any of the work mentioned above yet, and today I went to start the bike up. With full choke on, it barely idled then died.
It wouldnt turn over, on any choke level, and when I finally got it to turn, it came on, idled around 5500 for a few seconds, then dropped, and shut off. Couldnt get her going again.
I also noticed the left side (weak cylinder side) when it was running, there was a touch of grey smoke coming out the exhaust (no smoke on good side) and it sounded hollow and high pitched.
Does this sounds like more symptoms of a dirty carb, and un synced carb floats?
If I read this threads history correctly, what solved your problem jscgdunn, was:
Adjust the float level to perfection.
Cleaned the carb, and most importantly the float bowls (using heat)
Had the valve clearances checked and carbs sync'd.
Ive read that the 81's carb sync screws are inset by factory default, and should not be tampered with. And also that I can remove the float bowls without taking off the whole carb. Does that mean I can clean the float bowls, and adjust the floats without taking the whole carb off?
Im fairly new to moto maintenance and carbs frighten me! haha.
Can anyone confirm any of this?
Thanks.