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warming up

Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 7:15 pm
by vette76
ok, my friend's spree when you first start it you have to hold the throttle for it to idle.then you have to let it run for like 5mins before it runs good. the carb is clean and has a new electric choke in it.also a new plug. why does it take so long to warm up?

Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 8:13 pm
by hondaman
Did you check the float inside the carb?
How about the float valve?
Sounds like the float isn't set right.
Might be running to lean.
Otherwise try setting the throttle valve to a different notch setting.

Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:21 pm
by vette76
carb is fine/cleaned. it runs fine it just takes forever to warm up.

Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 9:56 pm
by burnt_toast
hmm, dont know what that could be. normal warmup time for my spree is like one run up and down the street and its good to go.

Posted: Wed May 18, 2005 11:05 pm
by vette76
the thing is, if i take the choke completely out of the carb it will run but race. i dont really want to leave it like this because i dont know if it is racing because it is bypassing the throttle valve, which would also bypass fuelflow right? making it run too lean if i just left it out.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 5:49 am
by noiseguy
Removing the choke will lean it out; it starts pulling air through the choke circuit.

How's his intake tract look, and filter?

Is the idle set correctly, i.e just slow enough to keep the rear wheel from turning on the stand?

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 8:32 am
by vette76
everything is clean+good. as for the idle it revvs high on the stand but if i set it any lower when i put the brake onit will stall, soo?

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 1:18 pm
by noiseguy
Sounds like a blocked idle circuit. You're using the main jet to idle.

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 2:09 pm
by vette76
ok, which one would this be?

Posted: Thu May 19, 2005 3:56 pm
by Jerry
I think noiseguy hit it on the head......