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Carb icing?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:53 am
by zxr_oli
Receintly by bike has been running like a tractor, but it only happens when i leave work (10.30pm) after about 10 min of riding.
It is defo a fuel problem, so i was thinking it could be carb icing?
I have never experianced carb icing before so i just wanted to check
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:27 am
by zxr_oli
Also, forgot to add, It runs like fine at say 2/3s + throttle.
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:14 pm
by zimm
could be carb icing.. does yours have carb heaters ? if not they do work, get some UK spec carbs and plumb them in.
other possibility is a knackered o-ring /float valve causing the carb(s) to flood a bit
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:41 pm
by zxr_oli
Havnt got carb heaters, as far as i'm aware.
Only happens at night, so wouldnt have thought it would be the floats.
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 10:08 am
by rene
halfords do a thing called 'Dry Fuel' its ment to help with carb iceing. Never used it myself but others have said it works a treat might be worth giving ago for the sake of a £5
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:16 am
by zxr_oli
Will give some of that a try.
Spose it would be difficult to fit carb heaters?
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:16 pm
by zimm
you'd need a set of uk (or other, but with the heaters) carbs (import ones dont have the passages for em) then some rubber pipe, and a couple of T pieces. so that you can plumb them in to the cooling system... its fairly simple.. done the same thing on Emma's ZX-4 as that suffered really badly a couple of winters back.
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 12:24 pm
by RedexRobB
Mines and import and has them
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 4:51 pm
by zxr_oli
Bought some Wynn's Dry Fuel.
It says empty entire contents into tank, but i assume this would be for a car? (325ml)
How much should i put it?
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:55 pm
by zimm
RobB wrote:Mines and import and has them
some do, some dont, depends on the bikes intended market .. think german ones did .. also a lot of imports that came over in the early days got uk carbs fitted by the importer..
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 9:25 pm
by RedexRobB
Hmmm, always assumed it was imported from Japan, maybe not then. It had a KMH speedo but then i think most european countries have them. Guess ill never know....
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:21 pm
by carsounds_dan
is there a write up on how to fit the carb heaters? or where to "splice into" the cooling system?
mines got the carb-heaters fitted but theyre not plumbed up at all
cheers
dan
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:09 pm
by masterofinsanity
RobB wrote:Hmmm, always assumed it was imported from Japan, maybe not then. ....
my bikes imported from france
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:30 am
by RedexRobB
I think my 7R is from france, some of the writing on a badge on the frame appears to be french.
Re: Carb icing?
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 4:53 pm
by carsounds_dan
RobB wrote:I think my 7R is from france, some of the writing on a badge on the frame appears to be french.
what makes you think that? does it translate to "surrender whenever possible"