s10er8
06-05-2006, 06:10 PM
I have an 87 Suzuki lt300 that I just bought, payed $400, it ran good the first day I had it. The second day I went to start it and it wouldn't start so I pulled the seat off to take a look and found the airbox cover and air filer missing. I took the carb apart and cleaned it out (it was filthy) and put it back together. I finally got it running after priming the carb and hand choking it and it ran fine except the exhaust pipe was getting extremely hot, so hot it would burn you without touching it. The next day it would only startup and run for 10 minutes at a time until it ran so hot it would shut off, I done this 3 or 4 times and basically burnt the engine up (I'm going to rebuild it as soon as I fix this problem)
What could be causing it to run hot like this? It has to be running lean, the idle mixture screw doesn't seem to change anything when I turn it
Another problem is the overflow is pouring out gas so the float must be set really high, how do I set the float? I'm guessing turn the carb upside down and set it to where it touches the needle without pressing it in, but how high do I set it?
Also theres a lever on the top of the engine, is this a decompression lever? Thats what it seems to be
Basically I just want it running so I can throw a piston and rings in it and ride it...probably rebuild the whole quad
Thanks in advance :cool:
What could be causing it to run hot like this? It has to be running lean, the idle mixture screw doesn't seem to change anything when I turn it
Another problem is the overflow is pouring out gas so the float must be set really high, how do I set the float? I'm guessing turn the carb upside down and set it to where it touches the needle without pressing it in, but how high do I set it?
Also theres a lever on the top of the engine, is this a decompression lever? Thats what it seems to be
Basically I just want it running so I can throw a piston and rings in it and ride it...probably rebuild the whole quad
Thanks in advance :cool: