High Oil and fuel consumption
Hi Guys,
I am now in Iran and having a few problems. First started crossing the desert from Pakisan as the bike started to splutter and stall after about
300kms. (I used a petrol additive carb cleaner before leaving for the desert don't know if this has caused problems). When I got to Iran I noticed that the choke cable was jammed and bike appeared to be running rich. I then removed the carb, and cleaned out the choke plunger area which seemed to fix the sticking cable. I then thought to check the spark plugs. The problem got worse when one snapped off still inside the head!!.
The only way to remove the broken section was to remove the head and drill it out. I then got the hole machined and a sleeve made to bring it back to original. The job looks good and engine seemed to run fine after re-assembly except that I couldn’t find the correct spark plug replacement so had to use a shorter one.
After riding 500kms everything seemed to go fine except running even richer a strong smell of fuel. Except that my fuel economy has gone down considerably 100kms less than usual on a full tank. And I have started burning a lot of Oil.
Not sure what to do any suggestions?
Thanks
Ben
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