breeze
Cadet
- Joined
- Jun 9, 2007
- Messages
- 20
Ok, this is how today went: I removed the prop so I could run more WOT in my trash bucket. Bought 3 gallons of fresh gas and mixed 24:1, poured in with the old stuff and mixed well. Pulled the fuel filter and cleaned in fresh gas (didn't look bad to begin with. no sludge on it at all). Motor is an RDE17.
1) Starting. What is the best way to start this motor? I was really only able to get it to fire the first time by priming the cylinders with a little gas directly. Should I put the throttle up as far as it will go in neutral and choke till it starts? It seemed to crank and crank before I primed directly with no results. However, once I get it to start the first time, It will start everytime with the throttle up as far as it will go in neutral with no choke. then I just back it down.
2) Mixture screws. I have the low end adjusted so it will idle nice and smooth with very little smoke, if any at all. The high end screw kept moving richer with the motor vibrations the more i revved it (maybe it's trying to tell me something
) I think i may have this temporarily fixed with a rubber washer I found in my shed to put a little friction between the knob and the face plate. I did this because I saw some rubber on the back of the adjusting knob that seems to set inside the back of the knob and it was worn away. I tried to lean this one out until there was almost no smoke, but then it would start knocking a bit. So I richened it back up. But then there was quite a bit of blue smoke from the oil, allthough it ran real strong. Questions are: how much should these motors smoke? and will the carb kit keep the high end knob from adjusting itself? Is it possible to run these motors at a lower oil ratio to alleviate some of the smoke and the slick they put out?
At the end of all this, I think I burned up several gallons of gas, the water in my barrel was a milky white color. Is this right? Sorry for the long post and all the questions, I'm just tryn' to cover all my bases before I get it out on the water.
1) Starting. What is the best way to start this motor? I was really only able to get it to fire the first time by priming the cylinders with a little gas directly. Should I put the throttle up as far as it will go in neutral and choke till it starts? It seemed to crank and crank before I primed directly with no results. However, once I get it to start the first time, It will start everytime with the throttle up as far as it will go in neutral with no choke. then I just back it down.
2) Mixture screws. I have the low end adjusted so it will idle nice and smooth with very little smoke, if any at all. The high end screw kept moving richer with the motor vibrations the more i revved it (maybe it's trying to tell me something
) I think i may have this temporarily fixed with a rubber washer I found in my shed to put a little friction between the knob and the face plate. I did this because I saw some rubber on the back of the adjusting knob that seems to set inside the back of the knob and it was worn away. I tried to lean this one out until there was almost no smoke, but then it would start knocking a bit. So I richened it back up. But then there was quite a bit of blue smoke from the oil, allthough it ran real strong. Questions are: how much should these motors smoke? and will the carb kit keep the high end knob from adjusting itself? Is it possible to run these motors at a lower oil ratio to alleviate some of the smoke and the slick they put out?At the end of all this, I think I burned up several gallons of gas, the water in my barrel was a milky white color. Is this right? Sorry for the long post and all the questions, I'm just tryn' to cover all my bases before I get it out on the water.
