Post by william42 on May 10, 2014 5:14:01 GMT -5
I have 400 miles on my BMS Heritage now and I'm still having a bit of an issue with starting and idling on a cold engine.
She'll pop right off with the first touch of the starter first thing in the morning but never catches or starts. The second try the starter cranks for about 5 seconds before the engine fires and keeps running but I have to give it some throttle or it'll die.
Once it's warmed up it idles just fine. It's only when the engine is cold does it not idle very well.
So my question is, is the screw that's hiding behind the cap on the carburetor controling only the idle fuel mixture? If I remove that cap and enrich the mixture will the engine idle better when the engine is cold and not affect the mixture when riding down the road?
If that screw affects anything except for idling then I don't want to mess with it. I can live with it the way it is but if I can make the cold engine idle better by messing with that screw then I'm all for it.
What say ye you men of knowledge?
She'll pop right off with the first touch of the starter first thing in the morning but never catches or starts. The second try the starter cranks for about 5 seconds before the engine fires and keeps running but I have to give it some throttle or it'll die.
Once it's warmed up it idles just fine. It's only when the engine is cold does it not idle very well.
So my question is, is the screw that's hiding behind the cap on the carburetor controling only the idle fuel mixture? If I remove that cap and enrich the mixture will the engine idle better when the engine is cold and not affect the mixture when riding down the road?
If that screw affects anything except for idling then I don't want to mess with it. I can live with it the way it is but if I can make the cold engine idle better by messing with that screw then I'm all for it.
What say ye you men of knowledge?
