canadianhunter
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Always have started and warmed up my sleds every 2 to 3 weeks in off season since about late 80's, plus used stabilizer and last years seefoam. Never any trouble till our province switched to ethanol fuel in spring of 06. Had to clean carbs in May and again in June or July to get them to run for 2 week run. Switched to premium fuel with no ethanol and cleaned again at start of winter. Each year I store with non ethanol fuel and see foam, start every 2 to 3 weeks and have never had to clean carbs since.
Vectornut
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
Kviper- You have it right. The solution to the problem is to start the sled once a month and run it for 15 minutes or so. I have never had to clean my carbs, only sync. them. The sled runs flawlessly even though I am forced to use regular with ethanol in my area.
tedgoesfast
Expert
i always start mine every week in summer let run till rad gets hot.when service carbs in fall there clean.so clean clean and clean again then one more time it just saves so much bother
rxrider
Jan-Ove Pedersen
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I have only cleaned my carbs once. They were acutally clean. I always drain my fuel tank after the season, run the gas in my car. When it's time to start up pre season I add fresh gas. We do not have alcohol added to gasoline here in Norway, maybe that's why we do not have a problem with carbs clogging up 
Water in the fuel is not any funny either, gums up the gas and will clog up the pilot jets, my friend had that happen, 7 carb cleans in a row, he was not riding with us that day :-( .....
Water in the fuel is not any funny either, gums up the gas and will clog up the pilot jets, my friend had that happen, 7 carb cleans in a row, he was not riding with us that day :-( .....
z24thugg
Extreme
im cleaning my carbs for the first time... i hard a hard time getting the bowls off cause of that rubber oring around the main jet is that common for them to come off and go back on hard
Mighty
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Replace them. They deteriorate over timez24thugg said:
z24thugg
Extreme
do the bowls normaly go back on hard i had a hell of a time getting them off
Mighty
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They shouldn'tz24thugg said:
z24thugg
Extreme
they come off easier with the new oring now the bowl gaskets are leakin guess ill go get some permatex sealer for them
misterbrutus03
Extreme
Put some oil on the o-ring and the bowls will go on easier. Also I've found putting some oil around the inside of the carb boots helps alot when putting the carbs back on.
