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Hello im kind of a noob here and i recently got a go kart which i brought to a friend who race's and he had all new raceing carb put on, new gas tank and a new header/exaust. after he put all this on if your excelerate to quickly the motor will cut off unless you let off the pedal. now if you slowly press the gas untill it gets going it is fine. any advise would be helpfull, thanks.
 

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It sounds like you might just need to re-jet your carb. (does leaving the choke part way on help or make this problem worse?)

What brand/model engine do you have, and what brand/model carb did your friend install? (If your not sure, post some pics of everything)
 

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i will post pics later today but as for the choke its a racing tank and carb so no choke you blow into the tank and i forces gas into the carb and it will then start
 

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It sounds like it's running rich. Take out the spark plug and if it's black soot you're running rich. Better on the rich side than the lean side (white on plug), but not too rich.

Mine looked like #3 here. The previous owner had installed a mower plug and closed the gap until it fired. I put in the recommended OEM plug gapped properly. I'll probably have to take off the head and clean the carbon off the valves manually.

Check your air flow too. I wouldn't lean it out with rejetting until you're sure it's running rich all the time.
 

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here are pictures of both sides of the motor and the carb
 

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In the picture of the carb, it looks like you have an idle set screw (with the spring on it). Start the engine and try turning it in 1/4 turn. If the engine stays running the same it may be too far out. See if it runs better that way. If you still have the problem try another 1/4 turn.

The carburator on my little truck was 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 turns backed out from seated (screwed all the way in). You can see where it's at by counting the turns so you can always set it back the way it is now.
 

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I have a similar problem as the OP, but my engine is a clone and like what I see here mine and his have a straight pipe. With my original muffler box on the motor worked fine, now the new headder is on, exact same problem. Could lack of back pressure, due to the straight pipe be a factor?
 

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thanks to all of you who have been so helpfull i readjusted the screw and i burrns less rich now i also replaced the exaust and that got rid of the hiccup but i took it back off because o dont like the unmanly sound. i will be buying a striaight pipe exaust that works with it.
 

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sorry but being new at this im not sure if you mean the screw on the butterfly valve or in the side of the carb?

It's in the second picture, right in the middle. There is a screw with a spring on it that takes a flat head screw driver (vertical slot in this photo). You count rotations by the slot. So try turning it clockwise until the slot is horizontal and that will be 1/4 turn. You can mark the top with a black marker to help count the turns.

If you take the screw out you would see the end is tapered. It fits into the gas stream in the carburator at idle. The more you screw it in the more it restricts the gas flow. When the butterfly valve opens up and their is more vacuum the main jet takes over. But if you don't have any restriction in the idle set screw it can add too much fuel to the mixture and cause a bog or stumble.

http://www.thecarburetorshop.com/Troubleshooting.htm

I had a computer controlled carburator on a Mazda pickup that was giving me fits so I replaced it with a Holley 5200 out of a 2.3L Ford Pinto. It took a little adjustment to get it working and I had the same problem. But I had idle and secondary set screws I could play with, as well as the jetting. So I got it fixed but left the larger jets in it so it ran slightly rich. I could accelerate faster by not pushing the throttle all the way in.

With this carb it looks like all you can do is adjust the one screw and the position of your butterfly valve by adjusting the small screw above the idle set screw. If you open your butterfly valve up a little at idle you won't get as strong of a vacuum on the backside, which could be adding too much fuel at lower engine speeds. But I would start with the set screw because it's easier.

Mark everything and write it down because it's easly to loose track when you're tweeking carbs.
 
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