i have been having an issue with fouling the plug so today i tore it down.
put in a new plug and cleaned the carb, i also went from a 170 jet down to a 165. b/c i thought that it would cut back enough fuel to not foul out.
still same thing with no change. i checked the a/f screw and it was 2 1/2 turns out. the a/f screw is so hard to get to that i have to pull the whole carb out to adjust it and then put it all back in to see if it worked.
AND, when i can get it to idle, i hear a tapping noise from the engine, like someone is tapping it with a screwdriver. and a few times it made a big KLANK! noise like maybe it misfired or something.
it did backfire quite a bit when i first started it up.
could my rings be bad? valves?
i don't know enough about this thing to just tear into it.
please help me out, everyone is riding this weekend and i am stuck at home.
put in a new plug and cleaned the carb, i also went from a 170 jet down to a 165. b/c i thought that it would cut back enough fuel to not foul out.
still same thing with no change. i checked the a/f screw and it was 2 1/2 turns out. the a/f screw is so hard to get to that i have to pull the whole carb out to adjust it and then put it all back in to see if it worked.
AND, when i can get it to idle, i hear a tapping noise from the engine, like someone is tapping it with a screwdriver. and a few times it made a big KLANK! noise like maybe it misfired or something.
it did backfire quite a bit when i first started it up.
could my rings be bad? valves?
i don't know enough about this thing to just tear into it.
please help me out, everyone is riding this weekend and i am stuck at home.