Maintenance & Technical > KX500 Original
suddenly too rich
matzilla:
would that discolor my oil? or affect my oil level? oil is still super clean and has not dropped at all.
matzilla:
after i posed the question about the vent lines i moved them back to their stock location, though it made no difference. the reeds look great, power valves are clean and rotate easily. i need to check the flywheel key still. i can see clean through my silencer, but am unsure of the packing's condition, or how it would affect exhaust flow. but it is not obstructing it.
on a side note i welded my broken upper pipe mount right before all this happened. but i took all of the electronics off the bike first, so i don't think that it is related unless i have a bad connection now that it is back together.
i want to thank you all for all of your input. there is so much experience here on this site. i check several times a day from my phone and am posting from it now. thanks again and pray it isn't my main seal. ugh!
Friar-Tuck:
You would see a drop in the tranny oil level.
Since the oil gets sucked out of the tranny and into the crankcase there is usually no other indication.
(I could actually smell the trans oil on the plug I had oil fouled.)
Tuck\o/
matzilla:
Key is secure! I did notice a very small amount of oil sitting in there though. a tiny amount, just enough to feel the slick on my finger after wiping it out. maybe 2 drops? Is this normal? could that just be from the couple times that I have forgotten to pull the wash plug before trying to start it? This is about to be a can of worms, I can feel it.
k5abuser:
--- Quote from: matzilla on May 09, 2010, 07:11:49 AM ---funny you mention the vent tube. the only other change i have made was routing the bowl vents up to the air box. is it possible for this to affect float levels or create some kind of pressure drop in the bowl?
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routing the vent tubes thur the air box could cause it to pull vacume from the bowl which could put fuel in the air box and more fuel in the air before going into the carb.also the wasp could plug the hole up . it happens around here more than you now .
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