Excuse me if I'm being a bit daft, but I've taken the carbs off a couple of times now and not once had any coolant (not even a drip) out of them, nor the pipes that feed them.
Am I missing something? Coolant reservoir is full, all bled, bike runs fine normally, except its a tad rough, hence the carbs off for a clean.
Am I missing something? They are supposed to have a coolant feed aren't they?
Cheers
Jon
No coolant in carbs?
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Re: No coolant in carbs?
Yes, they are.
There is a feed pipe to the thermostat body from the smaller stub on the water pump. It's to stop carb icing in cold weather.
Suggest you check that the pipes are not blocked; if they are it will be deliberate as there's nothing that will block them normally.
One thing to note- there is a blind stub on the thermostat housing- it is capped off, but hard to see. the stub to connect it to is the open one, obviously...
But unless you ride in icy weather, it will not cause a problem if capped off.
There is a feed pipe to the thermostat body from the smaller stub on the water pump. It's to stop carb icing in cold weather.
Suggest you check that the pipes are not blocked; if they are it will be deliberate as there's nothing that will block them normally.
One thing to note- there is a blind stub on the thermostat housing- it is capped off, but hard to see. the stub to connect it to is the open one, obviously...
But unless you ride in icy weather, it will not cause a problem if capped off.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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Re: No coolant in carbs?
Cheers Tony.
Can't understand why somebody would block it intentionally.... But, there's nowt as queer as folk.
Will check it out next time I'm out the garage.
Can't understand why somebody would block it intentionally.... But, there's nowt as queer as folk.
Will check it out next time I'm out the garage.
Re: No coolant in carbs?
a lot of carbs are like that. just block the spigots on the carbs and run a pipe from the thermostat over to the pump, job done, as tony said unless you ride in the ice heated carbs arnt needed
the older i get,the faster i was