Re: Honda Aero 125 fuel issues (2-stroke) - float lvl adjustments
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Re: Honda Aero 125 fuel issues (2-stroke) - float lvl adjustments         

Group: alt.scooter · Group Profile
Author: tomcas
Date: Mar 31, 2007 10:41

Bike guy Joe wrote:
> On Mar 28, 5:25 pm, "meman" microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>Hello, looking for advice on resolving this issue.
>>
>>My wifes 84 Honda Aero 125 (NH125, also known as a Honda Lead) has problems
>>starting when warm.
>>It starts fine at first (cold starts), drives around great. Then after
>>riding around and stopping briefly, the bike is hard to restart.
>>Takes quite a while of startings to fire up.
>>
>>Carb has been cleaned, vac and fuel lines are new, spark is new. Starts fine
>>cold (auto-bystarter is operating fine)....just a pita to restart when it's
>>warmed up.
>>I don't think it's the auto-bystarter at this point.
>>
>>Can anyone offer some advice/things to check? Tell me how float level
>>adjustment can be made?
>>
>>The float looks good, jets are clean...but I suspect the float level at this
>>point. I have the service manual which states the float level can be
>>adjusted, but it doesn't state how to adjust it.
>>The pic is bad as well. What needs to be adjusted to adjust the float on
>>these little Kiehn carbs.
>>
>>Pic of carb (not my pic or carb - just an example pic i found):http://www.mopedarmy.com/forums/discuss/download.php?f=6&file=1128583...
>>
>>thx for any help
>
>
> Maybe vapor lock, otherwise known as fuel percolation. The fuel in the
> float bowl vaporizes and then the thing won't start for awile until it
> cools down enough. Are you riding in really warm temps? Also just for
> kicks, try a new plug, it may surprise you.
>
Vapor lock occurs in the suction side of fuel lines because the suction
reduces the temperature at which the fuel boils. If he's boiling fuel in
the bowl of a gravity feed two stroke while the fuel is at atmospheric
pressure he must be close to catching fire.
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