Hi, I've recently obtained this motor. It starts ok with some throttle and sometimes some choke but when I reduce the throttle it'll run for about a minute then the revs get lower, lower, lower and it dies. It'll usually start again ok straight after.
I overhauled the carb, needle valve turn and a half out, checked the compression, replaced the plugs, checked spark, cleaned out the tank, new fuel, breather open, made no difference.
I'm running off the internal fuel tank and I've cleaned out the hoses between it and the carb. Given I'm running off this tank, is the fuel pump doing anything at all? It's connected to the connector for an external tank and the carb. Could I disconnect it from the carb and block off that nipple to try and rule out that it's affecting the operation in the carb in some way? E.g. pumping extra air into the carb from a dodgy fuel connector?
Wondering what else to try next?
I overhauled the carb, needle valve turn and a half out, checked the compression, replaced the plugs, checked spark, cleaned out the tank, new fuel, breather open, made no difference.
I'm running off the internal fuel tank and I've cleaned out the hoses between it and the carb. Given I'm running off this tank, is the fuel pump doing anything at all? It's connected to the connector for an external tank and the carb. Could I disconnect it from the carb and block off that nipple to try and rule out that it's affecting the operation in the carb in some way? E.g. pumping extra air into the carb from a dodgy fuel connector?
Wondering what else to try next?