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I went away to university for 5 years, and when I got back home I decided to get my good ole '86 Honda TRX250 running. I had used gas stabilizer before I left, but I should have drained the system entirely (I know...I know). Anyways, the carb was a little gummed up, and a family of mice had nested in the air filter, so I did a complete teardown on the carb before I tried to get it running again.
To make a long story short, after tearing down the carb 3 times now, and soaking it for a week in paint thinner, and blowing out all the passages with compressed air, I can't get it to run without choke. I removed the new air filter, and I get the same result (ie, we can't blame a blocked fresh air intake)
It will start fine at full choke, and it will run real nice if I leave in on full choke, (very responsive to throttle) but as soon as I go to 1/2 choke, it will just barely keep itself going. If I give it any throttle at all (no matter how gradually) it will die.
It must be some idle mixture passage I presume, but I'm having no luck.
Any ideas for me?
Thanks
To make a long story short, after tearing down the carb 3 times now, and soaking it for a week in paint thinner, and blowing out all the passages with compressed air, I can't get it to run without choke. I removed the new air filter, and I get the same result (ie, we can't blame a blocked fresh air intake)
It will start fine at full choke, and it will run real nice if I leave in on full choke, (very responsive to throttle) but as soon as I go to 1/2 choke, it will just barely keep itself going. If I give it any throttle at all (no matter how gradually) it will die.
It must be some idle mixture passage I presume, but I'm having no luck.
Any ideas for me?
Thanks