Continual Acceleration

jsouthard said:

An Update....

So i replaced the FB tank. I will do a separate post for that. Cleaned the carb thoroughly, cleaned the intake manifold and cleaned up any sticky brown residue i could reach with a rag.

Currently there is still an issue with a brown sticky residue getting onto the slide and all over the intake manifold. It's not coming from the tank and the float bowl has perfectly clean gas with no dirt etc.

What could be causing this build up? I've pulled the carb and manifold and cleaned it up three times and yesterday it's still building up and causing the slide to stick. It's all over the intake.

Any thoughts will be appreciated?

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jsouthard said:

Conclusion;

1 - Pulled the carb again, cleaned it with carb cleaner and then soaked it thoroughly in clean gas. Scrubbed, cleaned and polished every part to remove any trace of dirt, grime and any residue from the original tank corrosion.

2 - Changed the air filter.

3 - Ran a gallon of gas out of the new tank thru a coffee filter. The new tank is perfect, just clean gas coming out.

4 - Replaced the fuel lines and cleaned out all the junctions.

Took the bike out for around 300 miles yesterday with no issues. No throttle stick or valve stick. It even feels like the compression has increased since running a couple gallons of fresh clean gas. The new tank was the solution i just wasn't cleaning the carb well enough.

Thanks for all our help. Much appreciated.

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