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(1) - a cut-off szelep membrn kezd szivrog .. Ez okozza a sovny llapotban lassts
vagy hibs mkdst a cut-off szelep ..
Basically when you are riding along at part throttle, then drop the throttle
(close the throttle suddenly) the engine manifold vacuum goes high, at the
same time the carb throttle valve closes so that means the air flow in the
carb/intake manifold drops to almost nothing. What happens then is the
remaining mixture in the manifold goes very LEAN... What the air-cut-off
valve (or valves on early Wings) does is momentarily shuts the air supply off
to the pilot jet's air side (blocks off the pilot jet air jet) so the decel manifold
mixture goes somewhat rich, that rich mixture is there to reduce the
popping out of the exhaust system on decel or high vacuum over-run
conditions. There are about 3 ways the air cut-off system can fail.
(1)- the cut-off valve diaphragm starts leaking.. That causes a lean condition
on decel or erratic operation of the cut-off valve..
(2)-the air cut-off valve diaphragm gets old & hardens up. That can cause all
kinds of problems as it now won't react to the vacuum signal correctly & can
cause either low air flow to the pilot jet circuit & therefore a rich carb
mixture (poor mileage, fouled spark plugs, probably won't need the
enrichener valve for more than a few seconds at start up),, or a lazy valve
so you don't get proper decal air cut-off.
(3) a plugged air inlet to the idle air cut-off system. That will give a rich carb
mixture (poor mileage, fouled spark plugs, probably won't need the
enrichener valve for more than a few seconds at start up).. No air to the
pilot jets really richens the low speed mixture & gives terrible fuel economy,
rich blubbering at low throttle settings, bad exhaust smell at idle, etc.
That valve can be checked with a vacuum gauge on the signal vacuum line. I
don't have the vacuum numbers handy for valve operation parameters but
believe it's somewhere in the 16"hg range. (the numbers are in the manual).
The problem is; those cut-off valves can hold vacuum OK & even seem to
work but if the diaphragm is old & hard it won't operate at the correct
vacuum line signal. On an old Wing it's best to just replace the cut-off
valve's diaphragm & spring (not much money from someplace likeBIKE
Bandit).
If your engine idles OK & doesn't pop in the exhaust when decelling your
cut-off valve is probably at least working. You just don't know if at the
corrrect vacuum signal.
Your mileage drop could be to many things from a plugged air filter, to carb
problems (those carb floats are real critical to height for economy), to a
plugged idle air cut-off air supply, to misadjusted pilot jet needles, to
someone before you re-working the carbs for smoother performance, to a
weak ignition, to many other possible causes. About all you can do is go
through everything one at a time & verify all is OK..