1981 Yamaha XS 400 Special "carburetor" Questions

...dumping out gas smoke into the muffler. Muffler is cold on that one side. It sounds like you have a carburetor float that is stuck in the down position flooding the cylinder with gas. Start by ...

Does a 1981 Yamaha XS400 special have a kick starter? Also, where can I purchase a carburetor diaphragm for the same? Doug [email protected] These guys will help, Ken http://www.midwaycycle.com/

...Is there gas coming from the gas line? Its sounds like you need a new spark plug maybe even a carburetor cleaning. Thats my

carborator only lets it run when choke is on The slow circuit of your carburetors is dirty or plugged. Take the carbs apart and squirt carb cleaner through the slow jets and the carb bodies. Count the

...and mixture of oil and gasoline coming out of air filter Remove the air filter and observe which carburetor is flooding into the cleaner. When you have found the problem carb, remove the float

...in the bowl? Dump it, clean it and re-mount it, ( not all bikes have a water trap bowl ). Drain the carburetor. There should be a screw on the lower side of the carb float bowl. Remove the screw then ...

of the carbs and pull up of the back of the carbs to remove them from the intake boots. Unscrew the carburetor drain screws and let the gas run into a enviromentally safe container. Turn the carb over

1980 Yamaha XS 400 Special First, How do you tell if it has an electronic ignition? Second, Can't get it to start. Have put gas in spark plug holes. Didn't hit. Bike has been setting on a dirt floor ...

13200-05g01 carburetor. Where is the idle adjustment? I answered this yesterday. It is shown on the top of the diagram. 4th image ion the Amazon advert, small brass screw. Make sure you have got the ...

...Inspect the fuel inlet hose closely. If you notice a wet spot around the hose where it joins the carburetor fitting, or the hose has become swollen, soft, brittle or hard, replace the fuel hose