carb heater temperature sensor!

[Simon UK]

Does anyone know where on the UK models the carb heater sensor is hidden? i'm having trouble with carb freeze so want to see if it is in a good location already.

[mammut89]

what exactly is carb freeze ?

I never understood that UK model carb thing.

[Simon UK]

Simple version is where the wind chill of the cold air coming through the carbs freezes the water particles in the air and essentially chokes the carbs with ice. because of our reasonably wet climate we can suffer carb icing fequently in our winter months, carb heaters are fitted to ease the problem.

[mammut89]

understood

[steves]

I didn't know there was a sensor involved, I had always expected just an extra set of wires into the carb bodies with an on/off switch.

[mammut89]

the manual doesnt make it any easyer.

to me it looks like a switch too not a thermostat even though they call it "thermo switch"



kind of confusing. I think by thermo they dont mean thermostat they mean "coldweather"



so , do you know where the switch is ? that might be the "thermostat" youre looking for.

and it would be an easy task to measure if it works with a multimeter.

[Simon UK]

it is really just a thermostat,

[Stobie]

Sec 11 under Carbs in the manual. Looks very similar to the bandit setup which has the thermo switch on a cross member under the rear of the tank and just above the carbs. On the Bandit the thermo switch is two blue wires going into a black disc about 3/4" diam and 1/8" thick. Hope this is of some use.

Stobie

[Stobie]

This is the location on a Bandit. I would expect it to be similar on the Kat.

http://i889.photobucket.com/albums/ac98/Vaudinet/thermoswitch.jpg

[Simon UK]

cheers stobie, i've never had a bandit with the stat in that location, (always been moved by previous owners) if it is in the same location on the kat that would explain why it works so crap, suzuki always put them in places that are to hot.