1xr
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In the fall when all the hype was on taking out the carb screens, I took them out. Today I put them back in after a pilot jet clogged up. So the in tank filter must not stop the fine stuff. There was a fair amount of fine black dirt in the bowls.
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I have seen the tank filter and I can't imagine much getting through it. Anything is possible though.
I have seen the tank filter and I can't imagine much getting through it. Anything is possible though.
black john
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pluging pilots come with or with out screens mine came from yamaha pre pluged with varnish and i just clean two sets of mack z carbs bouth had pluged pilots and they bouth had screens in them one kept blowing up and the other one would run one what ever cyls could get gas at any given time remove the screens and now they run perfect and the screens were not pluged just slowed the fuel flow down enuf to creat a problem. note the fuel pumps on the rx 1 will flow 65 liters an hour each the highest ones thar mikni makes 8)
pluging pilots come with or with out screens mine came from yamaha pre pluged with varnish and i just clean two sets of mack z carbs bouth had pluged pilots and they bouth had screens in them one kept blowing up and the other one would run one what ever cyls could get gas at any given time remove the screens and now they run perfect and the screens were not pluged just slowed the fuel flow down enuf to creat a problem. note the fuel pumps on the rx 1 will flow 65 liters an hour each the highest ones thar mikni makes 8)
black john
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note that its the gas that casue the pilot pluging trouble combined with these small size of pilot jets gas is only good for about 30 days in storage then it starts to go bad. look maw i took the lead out now its no good for nothing and it has no shelf life. that way when you by it you have to use it or lose it no amont of stabill will help this stuff the only thing the i have found that helps is a little mix oil helps in the gas helps keep it some what good. my pilots had vanish restriting the size i only found this after runing my orfice drill bit throut then as the coulor of the vanish matched the brass it took me about two hours to clean them the first time i should have throwen them away and got new ones in hind site this year i found that by leting them sit over nite in clr then reeming them out thay came clean
note that its the gas that casue the pilot pluging trouble combined with these small size of pilot jets gas is only good for about 30 days in storage then it starts to go bad. look maw i took the lead out now its no good for nothing and it has no shelf life. that way when you by it you have to use it or lose it no amont of stabill will help this stuff the only thing the i have found that helps is a little mix oil helps in the gas helps keep it some what good. my pilots had vanish restriting the size i only found this after runing my orfice drill bit throut then as the coulor of the vanish matched the brass it took me about two hours to clean them the first time i should have throwen them away and got new ones in hind site this year i found that by leting them sit over nite in clr then reeming them out thay came clean
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Dumb question here; where are the pilot jets located, right next to the main jet?
1xr
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Yes they are next to the mains, the skinny ones.
black john
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that fine black sedement is probly comeing from you gas lines deterating from the inside this is not the first time ive seen this with those black rubber lines its a reation with some type of aditive in the gas
that fine black sedement is probly comeing from you gas lines deterating from the inside this is not the first time ive seen this with those black rubber lines its a reation with some type of aditive in the gas
ExTrEeMF7
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all those black lines going from the tank to the fuel pumps then to the carbs are black on the inside and like blackjohn has said its from some stuff in your gas .. dont mean you add stuff it is just the crap they put in it .. summer fuel to winter fuel are totally different ...
i have changed my lines and put the clear lines and have yet to see anymore black dye or specs in my fuel ... also i added a inline filter like the mach z had back in 98 99 there very small and i put one per pump from the gas tank to the fuel pumps .. works very good so far no probs
i would rather have the carbs open and put filters on the out side so i can see the dirt if any in the filters then see that go in my carbs and then who knows were
i thing is guys we all have diferent ways of doing things just cause a few of us say we did it dose not mean you all have too ....
that is why this site was made in the 1st place. there is many thing that you guys do to your selds and motors that some will do and some will not .. ths good thing about this site is nobody makes you do anything you daont want to do
i have changed my lines and put the clear lines and have yet to see anymore black dye or specs in my fuel ... also i added a inline filter like the mach z had back in 98 99 there very small and i put one per pump from the gas tank to the fuel pumps .. works very good so far no probs
i would rather have the carbs open and put filters on the out side so i can see the dirt if any in the filters then see that go in my carbs and then who knows were
i thing is guys we all have diferent ways of doing things just cause a few of us say we did it dose not mean you all have too ....
that is why this site was made in the 1st place. there is many thing that you guys do to your selds and motors that some will do and some will not .. ths good thing about this site is nobody makes you do anything you daont want to do
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SrXxTrEeM said:also i added a inline filter like the mach z had back in 98 99 there very small and i put one per pump from the gas tank to the fuel pumps .. works very good so far no probs
i would rather have the carbs open and put filters on the out side so i can see the dirt if any in the filters then see that go in my carbs and then who knows were
Hey Marc, I asked you about putting additional filters on the fuel lines earlier this year and you said the filter in the tank was sufficient :roll:
Did you steal my idea :wink:
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The pilot jets are notorious for pluging due to their small size, especially when the gas starts to go bad. My SRX700 never had the problem, but I ran it year round. My buddies vmax600er deluxe is clogged every time he takes it out for the first time of the year. As the gas gets crappier (ethanol or other oxegenates) or as some people call it "more environmentally friendly), they tend to varnish quicker. My buddies brand new rev600 was fine when he picked it up, but after sitting in the garage for three months he went out to start it, and sure enough the pilots were clogged.
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