dag8501 Posted December 3, 2024 Report Posted December 3, 2024 As the title states, I am running into a slightly lean condition on the right cylinder according to the spark plug. My alcohol-fueled cub motor is calling for the right-cylinder power jet to be completely closed while the left-cylinder power jet is only one turn from completely open. With these power jet setting the spark plugs read identical. These are the things I have check when troubleshooting: Cleaned the carbs and swapped sides, swapped sides with the spark plug boots, leak-checked the motor (held 7 in. of vacuum overnight), and changed the spark plugs multiple times. What am I missing? Could bad reeds cause this problem? Quote
dag8501 Posted June 15, 2025 Author Report Posted June 15, 2025 Bump. No thought from the experienced troubleshooters? Quote
dag8501 Posted May 17 Author Report Posted May 17 TM 38 bored to 41mm. I swapped the carbs from one side to the other and the condition was unchanged. Quote
locogato11283 Posted May 18 Report Posted May 18 Your information is off. You say that right cylinder is lean but you have to close the PJ completely, while the left is open. Can you clarify this? Sounds like the left is lean and the right is not. Quote
dag8501 Posted May 19 Author Report Posted May 19 You are correct, sorry for the confusion. The left cylinder is leaner. Left carb power jet is 1 turn from completely open while the right carb power jet is closed. With this setting, the plugs look similar. Quote
locogato11283 Posted May 19 Report Posted May 19 21 minutes ago, dag8501 said: You are correct, sorry for the confusion. The left cylinder is leaner. Left carb power jet is 1 turn from completely open while the right carb power jet is closed. With this setting, the plugs look similar. I have heard that the transmission oil in the right side can help keep that side cooler. If you have verified there are no air leaks, compression, squish, etc is the same, just run it. Quote
dag8501 Posted May 19 Author Report Posted May 19 Thanks. I have verified all those things. 195 psi on each cylinder, .040 squish on each side and the motor easily passes leakdown. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something. Quote
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