well I went for another ride today and shee kept stalling. I would pull the carb and remove the pilot just to find it clogged. After about the fourth time stalling due to clogged jets, a buddy of mine gave me a new inline fuel filter to use. Ran great for about 15 minutes and then stalled again, pulled the pilot jet and it was still clogged. While I was removing the carb I noticed that the new filter had already trapped a lot of stuff, could not believe all the trash in it, more then I would like to talk about. I finally got the POS out of the jet and I believe it was acting like a flap. fuel flow would push the debri over the jet hole and then I would blow in the other direction and it would appear to be clear but the fuel would just push it back and clog the jet again in just a few minutes. Unfortunetly I think it was too late, right jug was missing, sputtering, back firing, and sounded awful. I am going to check the compression later tonight with a friend.
Will a filter mess up the fuel mix?
If not I do believe the clogged jet caused the engine to run lean, on top of junk being thrown in the cylinders, leading to engine damage!
Previous owner gave me a set of Vito's 65.92mm pistons and 1 set of rings, but I can't find another set of rings anywhere. I am just wanting to locate parts just in case.
Thanks!!