History of bike - I'm new to katanas but getting to know them really well... My buddy picked up a 99' 600 for under $500 so naturally it needed a little work. After a tank cleaning, starter, battery, & oil change it fired up & we put about 60 miles on it. The bike wouldn't idle & it didn't run the best but we figured it was leftover rust from the tank clogging the carbs. After taking them apart & not seeing much of anything in there I sprayed the ports with carb cleaner & put them back on.
The problem - after putting the carbs back on it was just bogging down & would die. We took the PCV hose off & something that smelled like gas & looked like oil came out for a little bit but would idle & run fine, if we connected the hose back to the intake it would bog down & die. I'm guessing this means the rings are shot & that is blowby going into the intake choking the oxygen to the motor. Is there an actual PCV valve I can change? Can we just put a filter on the end of the pcv hose & cap it off on the intake & ride this thing?
The problem - after putting the carbs back on it was just bogging down & would die. We took the PCV hose off & something that smelled like gas & looked like oil came out for a little bit but would idle & run fine, if we connected the hose back to the intake it would bog down & die. I'm guessing this means the rings are shot & that is blowby going into the intake choking the oxygen to the motor. Is there an actual PCV valve I can change? Can we just put a filter on the end of the pcv hose & cap it off on the intake & ride this thing?
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