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Offline FredRandazzo

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« on: October 05, 2012, 04:00:51 PM »
Hey guys i just had one question today. My bike loves to run in fair weather, but when the wind picks up or its raining. My bike will not start .
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Offline arnego2

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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2012, 05:11:46 PM »
First question: How old is the top end? Second: do you clean the carb regular?
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2012, 05:44:00 PM »
What trouble shooting have you done? I don't see how wind could affect anything
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2012, 08:39:23 PM »
I just rebuilt the top end. In fair weather it will start up in one kick. In windy and rainy weather it will start but will only last for about 30 secs than shut down. And yes i do clean the carb regularly. i need to fix this before MX season starts. lol
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« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2012, 08:40:09 PM »
Could it be that i have to big of jets and its shooting more gas in than it should
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« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2012, 08:52:52 PM »
I still don't understand how wind could affect it. Temp and humidity can but not that drastically. Does it die and then can be restarted? Have you checked for spark after it dies?
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« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2012, 09:11:46 PM »
it does start after i bring it into a building. but when its outside with it being cold out and windy then it wont start or run.
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« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2012, 09:53:49 PM »
Forget the wind, it can't affect anything. The following was copied from a TSM article. Check for spark when it's cold.

The Weather Makes The Biggest Difference!
What are the conditions?The weather can have a profound affect on the carb jetting because of the changes in air density. When the air density increases, you will need to richen the air-fuel mixture to compensate. When the air density decreases, you will need to lean-out the air-fuel mixture leaner to compensate. Use the following as a guide to correcting your jetting when the weather changes:

Air temperature?when the air temperature increases, the air density becomes lower. This will make the air-fuel mixture richer. You must select jet sizes with a lower number to compensate for the lower air density. When the barometric pressure decreases, the opposite effect occurs.

Humidity?when the percentage of humidity in the air increases, the engine draws in a lower percentage of oxygen during each revolution because the water molecules (humidity) take the place of oxygen molecules in a given volume of air. High humidity will make the air-fuel mixture richer, so you should change to smaller jets.

 link to article --->     http://t.co/eryyiBvH
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« Reply #8 on: October 05, 2012, 10:12:37 PM »
thx   :D
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« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2012, 04:57:20 PM »
Check your electrical - connectors, kill button, everything.
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« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2012, 11:10:29 PM »
thats not the prob. it has to be my jetting. i put a brand new plug into it today. It ran for a couple minutes then it bogged out and died
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« Reply #11 on: October 06, 2012, 11:27:58 PM »
thats not the prob. it has to be my jetting. i put a brand new plug into it today. It ran for a couple minutes then it bogged out and died

What did the plug look like that you took out? When it ran for a couple minutes, was that at idle?
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« Reply #12 on: October 06, 2012, 11:34:38 PM »
Um the plug was really black. And it was not at idle. I let it idle for a second and then it start to bog
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« Reply #13 on: October 07, 2012, 12:00:34 AM »
Does it smoke excessively and smell differently from a normal 2T exhaust? It almost sounds like you are burning up transmission fluid...
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« Reply #14 on: October 07, 2012, 12:07:38 AM »
It sounds like a 2 stroke. i just rebuilt the top end so
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