Running on one carb then the other?

[sms986]

I have a 1999 banshee. I just rebuilt it and it fired right up. Ran it through heat cycles and as soon as I got on to ride it, I put it in gear and when I opened up it had less than half the power it should have and bogged down and died. Fires right up again. You can rev it to the moon with slight bogging when it is in neutral but once In gear it doesn't want to move. Tore it apart and set the carbs upright on a table and turned the gas on. Came out the next day and it was dripping gas out of the carburetors. Threw them back on and fired it up. The gAs wasn't feeding into the carbs very well and after A while it wouldnt start back up. I filled a squirt bottle with gas and squirted it into the carbs through the gas line. It fired up but bogged really bad. The first few times I blipped the throttle it blew smoke out of both carbs. After a little it only shot out of one carb and came out of the the other one a little bit every once in a while. Shut it off and then fired it up again. It ran off of the other cylinder only And the one running alone the last time I ran it didn't blow out anything. Took out the plugs and white smoke, not blue smoke, was coming out of the running cylinder. I have no idea what is going on.

[ginger]

you might want to take the time to clean up and clearify your post.  my head started spinning part of the way through

[sstaton1983]

Check to see if its eating coolant.

[SOUTHTHIRTY]

leak down test

[sms986]

It sure is eating coolant. Took the head off and the pistons are clean. No carbon buildup. Head is warped. We'll see where this gets me

[sstaton1983]

I would also take a close look at the reeds, If it still backfires through the carbs after the coolant problem is fixed.Maybe check the Timing.

Edited July 20, 2013 by sstaton1983