i'm still learning here, so will you please let me know if my thinking makes sense?
1) I found what appeared to be a pretty obvious vacuum problem... the boots from the air box were not seated fully around the carbs. fixed that.
2) bike starts ok, but even with full choke, the rpms are low and it eventually dies. Trying to give throttle makes it die right away. probably dirty carbs.
3) I was hoping to be able to run some seafoam through it to try to clean out as much varnish as i could to at least make it ridable, but no such luck
4) the PO put stabilizer in the tank, but im willing to bet he didnt drain the fuel bowls
5) if that's the case, all the gas that was in the carbs would have varnished over the 8 months it sat (?)
6) if the jets are varnished to the point where i can't run the sea foam through it, is it possible to open up the carbs and spray cleaner on the jets while leaving the carbs still on the bike? Carbs 101 says if i don't know what i'm doing, to pay someone else to do it. Before i give up, I was wondering if this approach might be worth a try, without having to disassemble everything and possibly make it worse.
thanks guys
1) I found what appeared to be a pretty obvious vacuum problem... the boots from the air box were not seated fully around the carbs. fixed that.
2) bike starts ok, but even with full choke, the rpms are low and it eventually dies. Trying to give throttle makes it die right away. probably dirty carbs.
3) I was hoping to be able to run some seafoam through it to try to clean out as much varnish as i could to at least make it ridable, but no such luck
4) the PO put stabilizer in the tank, but im willing to bet he didnt drain the fuel bowls
5) if that's the case, all the gas that was in the carbs would have varnished over the 8 months it sat (?)
6) if the jets are varnished to the point where i can't run the sea foam through it, is it possible to open up the carbs and spray cleaner on the jets while leaving the carbs still on the bike? Carbs 101 says if i don't know what i'm doing, to pay someone else to do it. Before i give up, I was wondering if this approach might be worth a try, without having to disassemble everything and possibly make it worse.
thanks guys
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