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Offline John Galt

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Timing or.....?
« on: October 23, 2011, 01:54:11 PM »
Hey. My cb550 is getting spark to all cylinders. 1 cylinder is cold, 2 is warm, 3 and 4 are hot.  Anybody point me in the correct direction? And how warm should the rectifier be? Thanks.
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Offline WarwickE36

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Re: Timing or.....?
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 02:01:05 PM »
Time to pull the carbs and thoroughly clean them ... sounds like idle jets /passages are clogged. 
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Offline Danno

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Re: Timing or.....?
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 09:10:31 PM »
he is right and check the fuel level in the bowl and the float level and also make sure the floats are not binding and are free to move up and down and how are the plugs are the ones that are cold or not getting hot white ?
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Offline bjatwood

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Re: Timing or.....?
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2011, 06:06:04 PM »
That's GoldieLock's syndrome, The bike will eventually settle for #2 or #3 as it's sweetspot for running..... :P
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Offline Patrick

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Re: Timing or.....?
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2011, 06:12:58 PM »
Check to make sure your fuel line is not kinked or plugged. Are you running inline filters? If so, if you run a fuel filter horizontally it can trap air and cause a vapor lock.

Just two wild guesses, but both are easy to check without pulling the carbs.

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