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Carb Part Question

  • Thread starter Thread starter HobieSun
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ruddy said:
If the plugs are there to prevent tampering, why wouldn't they have used metel caps instead? The rubber plugs are far too easy to remove as an anti-tamper device. :?

They do, however, hide the pilot jets, so you overlook them when you're trying to clean the carbs! I think you can guess how I know that. :oops:
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You have to retain access to the pilot jets. They need servicing.
Same thing with the caps over the mixture screws on CV carbs. Easily removed but the service department will know and they can refuse any warranty work.
Same as the separate air screws and pilot fuel screws on some earlier VM carbs. But instead of caps, they wiped a sealant over the screw head that showed them if they were tampered with. The sealant also gummed up the threads and many owners have stripped the screw heads trying to move them.
 
Just to back Keith up on this, it doesn't matter how much fuel is behind the pilot, the jet itself will regulate how much fuel the engine gets on that circuit. The sediment theory seems most plausible.
 
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