Billyfish24
New member
Hey folks. Spent a lot of time going through posts and couldn't find what I needed...thought it would be easier to ask. I have a 88 Rude E25RCCA. I bought it used and it wasn't running when I bought it. The things that stood out was a lot of oil coming out of the hub, and a lot of oil in the catch pan. I found the jet was at two and a half turns from seated, and the fuel filter was in poor shape. I bought a rebuild kit from this site for the carb. It didn't look too bad inside. Replaced needle and seat, and reset float at 3/4 inches travel. I put two new plugs in and set them at .34. Couldn't get a spark intermittently so took off the flywheel and cleaned underneath. Started getting a spark. Set the jet at 1.5 turns. It ran great for one trip. Next trip, it started smoking really bad at idle. As I accelerated, it was hesitating or bogging a bit. After RPMs had climbed, it was like the other cylinder started firing and it runs great at higher throttle. Thinking it was too rich, I adjusted the jet to 1 turn from seated. Same deal. Adjusted to 3/4 and same thing. Lots of smoke and hesitation during acceleration. Didn't lean it up any more than that because I didn't want to starve for oil. I used a timing gun to see if both plugs are firing at idle. They are. Seems like it is only hitting on one cylinder until I get rpms up. I don't understand how this could be fuel related since it only has one carb for both cylinders. Also don't see how it could be electrical if both plugs are firing. Is there something else I should look for? Any help would be appreciated.
I will mention that I am a self taught fixer upper so I could well be missing something more technical.
I will mention that I am a self taught fixer upper so I could well be missing something more technical.