Intermittent Death Rev??

**TecateDan** · 09-13-2011, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by ben6626

did you get the issue taken care of? I have seen needle and seats that are so worn the needle doesnt drop down with the floats,running the carb out of fuel. also if it has the plastic floats in it make sure the rods they slide on arent bent

Haven't had a chance to look at it yet hopefully thursday I'll take a peek at it and see what I can come up with.

**jeffatc250r** · 09-13-2011, 12:04 PM

Thats weird, in the pit when we were getting ready to leave, i thought we were gonna have to tow you out. It would be better if it wasnt intermittent so the problem can be found. Me and ryan were talking about that on the way home, it seems to be a kawasaki thing, never seen it happen to a red guy. Weve seen it before and its always been green critters, we never were able to solve the issue.
You running a mikuni?

**fabiodriven** · 09-13-2011, 12:47 PM

He is running a Mik Jeff, and the problem sounds just like the one I had that I already posted. Mine did the same exact thing. We'll find out soon.

**TecateDan** · 09-13-2011, 12:55 PM

Oh man!! Two towes in one day now that would have sucked! I'm hoping it's something simple but it will be hard to know if I fixed it until I go riding again unless it's the carb issue fabio is talking about because I'll be able to see that right away.

Originally Posted by jeffatc250r

Thats weird, in the pit when we were getting ready to leave, i thought we were gonna have to tow you out. It would be better if it wasnt intermittent so the problem can be found. Me and ryan were talking about that on the way home, it seems to be a kawasaki thing, never seen it happen to a red guy. Weve seen it before and its always been green critters, we never were able to solve the issue.
You running a mikuni?

**Dirtcrasher** · 09-13-2011, 04:39 PM

A fine young gentleman brought us KONGO/CONGO? bars to begin our day with where we registered our trikes......

**TecateDan** · 09-13-2011, 05:24 PM

Oh yea!!! The one I ate was still warm when we were getting registrations and Delicious

Originally Posted by Dirtcrasher

A fine young gentleman brought us KONGO/CONGO? bars to begin our day with where we registered our trikes......

**fabiodriven** · 09-15-2011, 07:22 PM

Well, Dan just left here and it was the problem that I thought it was. Yes, I am just that friggin good.

**dcreel** · 09-15-2011, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by fabiodriven

Well, Dan just left here and it was the problem that I thought it was. Yes, I am just that friggin good.

Just curious.. did you run to the computer to tell us, or did you strut? lol

**jeffatc250r** · 09-15-2011, 09:40 PM

I find this very odd. Was it something plugged in the carb, or stuck float?
Ill stick to my keihins if thats the case, death rev is not welcome unless its me making it happen, thats just flat out dangerous.

**jeswinehart** · 09-15-2011, 09:44 PM

I am gonna go out on a limb here and say it was the little plastic diffuser thingy~ma~bob that once removed can almost never be put back in properly, as he stated before.
What the heck are them things for anyway ?

**just ben** · 09-15-2011, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by jeswinehart

I am gonna go out on a limb here and say it was the little plastic diffuser thingy~ma~bob that once removed can almost never be put back in properly, as he stated before.
What the heck are them things for anyway ?

its a baffle to slow sloshing around the main jet and its not possible to just fall off. more likely fell of when the bowl was being installed and went unoticed. I dont know if they do what they are soppose to,I have had many miks without them and abunch with them any all ran fine so who knows

**fabiodriven** · 09-15-2011, 11:12 PM

Originally Posted by ben6626

its a baffle to slow sloshing around the main jet and its not possible to just fall off. more likely fell of when the bowl was being installed and went unoticed

Wanna bet they can't just fall off Ben? How many times do you think I've dealt with this to know off the top of my head what the problem was gonna be?

The float bowl in no way comes anywhere near contacting that skirt. The skirt is made of plastic and has 4 wimpy little tabs that distort from soaking in gas for years and years. They expand just a little bit and the 4 tiny fingers pull away from the ridge that they're supposed to clip on to, thus dropping the skirt directly on top of the pit that the main jet sits in and sips out of. The pit gets covered just right by the skirt and limits the amount of fuel that can enter that little pit. End product? Intermittent death rev. This is not theory, this is fact experienced more than once from a 7 year multi-Tecate owner. One who happens to have had many, many carbs apart many, many times. Please do not second guess our mechanical abilities.

What was that you were saying Ben?

**fabiodriven** · 09-15-2011, 11:15 PM

Originally Posted by jeffatc250r

I find this very odd. Was it something plugged in the carb, or stuck float?
Ill stick to my keihins if thats the case, death rev is not welcome unless its me making it happen, thats just flat out dangerous.

I've made reference to the problem twice already Jeff.

**TecateDan** · 09-15-2011, 11:26 PM

I have not ridden mine to see how this affected it but I was with fabio when he removed his plastic "thing a ma bob" and saw it fuix his death rev on the spot and never come backso I am very cofident this is infact the problem.

**just ben** · 09-16-2011, 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by fabiodriven

Wanna bet they can't just fall off Ben? How many times do you think I've dealt with this to know off the top of my head what the problem was gonna be?

The float bowl in no way comes anywhere near contacting that skirt. The skirt is made of plastic and has 4 wimpy little tabs that distort from soaking in gas for years and years. They expand just a little bit and the 4 tiny fingers pull away from the ridge that they're supposed to clip on to, thus dropping the skirt directly on top of the pit that the main jet sits in and sips out of. The pit gets covered just right by the skirt and limits the amount of fuel that can enter that little pit. End product? Intermittent death rev. This is not theory, this is fact experienced more than once from a 7 year multi-Tecate owner. One who happens to have had many, many carbs apart many, many times. Please do not second guess our mechanical abilities.

What was that you were saying Ben?

I guess I misunderstood what you were saying. I took it as the baffle coming off and lodging under the float restricting fuel being let into the carb which there would be no way for it to do that unless it was broken enough to get past the jet tube. Although I believe it would affect performance if it simply dropped down and were constricting flow to the main jet it wouldn't affect it at an Idle since the carb would or should be operating on the pilot jet not the main at all. I assume thats when dan was having his trouble since he said he had to dump the clutch to shut it down,which tells me he wasnt moving when it happend and wasnt on the main jet.that would lead me to believe the bowl didnt have enough fuel it it to submerse the pilot jet or possibly Dan left out a small detail such when he was stopped he gave it a quick rev or something and the slide didnt return for some reason. I dont doubt your mechanical albilities but on a properly tuned carb I doubt your theory. If you take a minute to think about how the carb works you may doubt it too. So thats what I was saying ...since you asked

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