Hey Guy's ~

I Have a Kawasaki Mohave 250, and a Suzuki lt230. I just replaced all the fluids, changed plugs, re-jetted (for white bros pipe), and detailed the 230 and it runs like a champ. First Kick.

The Kawasaki is another story. I did the exact same maint. That I did to the 230, minus the re-jett, and it’s running like an old dog. It was hotter than heck here today, and I was pissed after kicking it for 10 minutes, resting for 5, every other hour. It ran for a bit, and then would die. I tore off all the plastic, got into the air box, and found a little surprise. A TON OF GAS! I mean it was puddling... This isn't right, right? I don't know how it got in there. Any ideas?

I left the box open to dry, and I look into more tomorrow

 

Take off the carb and pull it apart. Completely (I mean completely) disassemble and clean the inside of it. Make sure all the little holes are clean (you might need a needle). Be careful with carb cleaner. It will eat rubber if you let it sit on it. I found this out the hard way with the o-ring on the bowl of my XR80.

Do this and I bet it'll run like a champ too.

 

i would make sure that you tank is clean and install a inline filter, i bet a piece of crap got stuck in the float needle and held it open slightly allowing it to flood over

 

Thanks guys! I'm going to tear the whole damn thing apart. I got a Clymers this morning from my cousin, so that should help. I'm used to 125 dirt bikes - two stroke. My quad is a DOHC, 4-valve, 4 stroke and something I'm going to read up on... Before I tear it all up.

 

Don't worry. I've torn a few different dirtbike carbs apart...all were relatively older but were 2-stroke and 4-stroke. It's all the same basic principle. The fact that it's a DOHC shouldn't make a difference unless there's something I don't know. As long as you remember how it goes back together, you'll be fine.

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