82gl1100iwingman
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I just rebuilt some carbs on a 77 GL1000. I have the carbs back together and on the bike. It starts, runs and accelerates fine with no load. While I was trying to sync the carbs, the bike had a hard time idling below 2000 rpms. It like to die below that and when it did, it would belch oil out the crankcase breather drain tube. There is no evidence of oil in the air filter box so it must be coming from the pvc valve. While I had the carbs out I looked down into the intake chamber and noticed lots of oily carbon on the valve. I am assuming this generally normally from the bike always being on the side stand. It did smoke a lot on start up but eventually cleared and ran clear out the left exhaust.
When I took the carbs apart I made the mistake and didn't pay attention to which air jet came out of which hole. According to the factory service manual the primary air jet is a #120 and the secondary jet is a #60. I ASSUMED the larger air jet so I put the larger jet in the secondary position. Another conundrum is the slow air jet is about the same size, so I am really questioning myself if I got all the right pieces in the right place and that this might be the culprit as to why I am getting the oil belching from the crankcase via the breather tube.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advanced,
Brian
When I took the carbs apart I made the mistake and didn't pay attention to which air jet came out of which hole. According to the factory service manual the primary air jet is a #120 and the secondary jet is a #60. I ASSUMED the larger air jet so I put the larger jet in the secondary position. Another conundrum is the slow air jet is about the same size, so I am really questioning myself if I got all the right pieces in the right place and that this might be the culprit as to why I am getting the oil belching from the crankcase via the breather tube.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks in advanced,
Brian