bunch of questions

[chris642]

I have a bunch of queastions i need answered if ya dont mind! First, My project shee has FMF's, stock airfilter, with lid, i have a 280 main in there which should be fine. Pilot is a 25, i knew my toomeys ran great with that, but fmf says 30's. The banshee is real hard to start, im thinking maybe bigger pilots would cure this. Any suggestions?

 

One of my biggest questions is that my left carb is leaking from the bottom of the float bowl. I have adjusted the float to spec and it stoped a majority of the leaking, it is very small now ut it shouldnt be leaking at all!! What should i do, im thinking maye the float needle and seat is worn so a carb rebuild kit may cure the prolem. Any input on that would be nice.

 

And last, the bike is flooded, some guy i know said to get a torch and set the flame a couple inches from the spark plug hole and it will burn up all the fuel. But cant this go all the way to the carbs since its a 2 stroke? anyone ever done anythng like that? I had the bike running for about 6 minutes total so far, it does run really really good, revs up perfectly, just this leaking and starting prolem is killing me. Thanks alot!!

 

engine is .080 over if that matters any, Air screws 1.5 out

Edited February 18, 2006 by chris642

[2003LimitedBanshee]

With your air screws out 1.5 turns you could try turning those in to maybe .5 turn, and see if that helps your starting problem. It should help, but if FMF recommends a 30 pilot, it shouldn't completely fix it. However, it is odd that FMF recommends such a large pilot, yet you say you are having a problem with it being flooded. I wouldn't recommend the torch trick for trying to "unflood" it, just asking for trouble. If it is truly flooded, you could try holding the throttle wide open when you're kicking it over. This will allow alot more air in, but will not allow much more fuel, because you will not have the velocity required to pull air through the main jet. If it tries to start just be ready to let loose of the throttle so you don't run it sky high right off the bat.

 

Your float needle/seat could be worn out and not allowing it to seat properly causing the fuel to leak from the float bowl line. However, I would try removing the carb and float bowl, and spray some carb cleaner through the fuel inlet on the carb. This should clear out any junk if you have some grit in there.