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bike carburetor help, anyone?

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    looks like i messed up doing a carb cleaning.
    following a complete disassembly and cleaning, the motor dies immediately when i accelerate normally. it will accelerate normally if i do it very slowly.

    i had two bike mechanics look at it and 1 guy got it to accelerate normally by plugging ±4mm air port on the carb throat rim but now it runs rich and smokes.

    ideas?
     
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    Sounds to me you have an Automatic choke problem,
    Most Shop mechanics do not like Stripping modern carbs as they are Factory set and sealed, a slight bad Fix and it will take air in and make the choke act up. :thumbsup:
     
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    tnx, jack. the bike, a Yamaha SZ (2014), has a manual choke which has been disconnected for years. the bike starts with a touch to the starter button and idles perfectly, it's the acceleration that is a problem.
     
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    Might sound silly but have you tried a new or different spark Plug, you say it is smoking so I wondered if is Oiling up on Idle, also it may be a Scraper ring problem?
     
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    Just replace the carb. You can probably get one for under P900. My 6 year old bike is on its second
     
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    Sounds to me like a bypass jet or feed is blocked. If you cleaned it maybe you blocked that small hole in the process. And if the problem started immediately after you disassembled the carb I really don'k thing it will be rings or plugs. New carbie looks good at that price or take the thing apart and have a really good look at everything. You missed something that's for sure.
     
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    There's a carburator repair kit for around 250 peso with the most essential spare parts to be replaced.
     
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    Yup but I think he missed a bypass jet or something like that. Acceleration requires a bit more more fuel that just coasting. I am assuming that the bike can eventually get up to speed from idle or does it just die when the throttle is opened?
     
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    thanks for the input guys...

    i'm still putzing with the carb but here's the story to date;

    the bike is a 2nd hand Yamaha SZ 2014
    the carb is a Mikuni 1PM1 00 C4601. the locals call it a diaphragm car and they don't like this type of carb.

    i checked with Yamaha and no less than 10 shops in the area including FS&O and Raddi, and aftermarket carbs and rebuild kits specifically for that bike/engine aren't available. i also checked with a vender on Lazada that lists a lot of carb kits. (not available)

    yamaha wants ₱8k for a new carb; an aftermarket carb is under ₱2000
    yamaha wants ₱1500 for a only a high speed jet

    a couple of bike shops said a mio carb would fit but they said no go because there's no electrical connection. i never did find out what the electrical connection does but it looks to be a heat sensor cuz a red colored engine block looking icon in the instrument panel lights up when i disconnect the cable. the connection is mounted near the choke and looks to be coupled to it, maybe it chokes/shuts down the engine if the motor gets hot? the bike runs the same with the electric thingie disconnected or connected. do i need it?

    the manual choke cable was disconnected when i purchased the bike and i never needed a choke to start the bike.

    in theory; shouldn't a rebuild kit fix a carb if it's the body isn't warn?; this bike only has 17k on the odometer.

    i agree that something is blocked, i suspect it's in the high speed ports but we haven't been able to fix it.

    2 bike mechanics have tried to fix it and yesterday, a very meticulous bike mechanic and his two knowledgeable companions spent more than 3 hours yesterday trying to find the problem.

    next is looking for an aftermarket carb that will fit.

    on a side note;
    that particular carb is notorious for leaking from the float bowl due to the float valve needle and seat not working properly. yamaha can get a new n/s but it takes 3 months; i waited 5 months and gave up and it's the same n/s combo as the oem. quite by accident, i found a needle and seat in a Suzuki Raider 150 carb rebuild kit (₱110) that looked to be the same dimensions so i took it to a machine shop, had them remove the SZ n/s and press in the Raider n/s and that fixed the leak problem, so far.. the float bowl cover gasket interchanges also but unfortunately, the jets in the raider kit don't fit in the SZ.
     
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    Mate you are certainly learning a lot about carbs. Best of luck.
     
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