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The 5 - 7 mm is, with horizontal carb (meaning, when carb is installed, you have to lift the frontwheel), the distance between fuel level inside float bowl and the edge of the connection surface of the bowl to the carb. And then, only when the engine has run a bit to stabilise the level. You can see the level inside the bowl by attaching a transparent hose to the drain of the bowl and opening the drain screw.

Bettter to measure in a different way: remove carb and bowl. Turn carb upside down. Measure between underside float and connecting surface to carb. To be 25 - 27 mm, or 26 - 28 mm depending on model. The XT is not very sensitive to this BTW.

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yeah, Auke is spot on with that....
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Bettter to measure in a different way: remove carb and bowl. Turn carb upside down. Measure between underside float and connecting surface to carb. To be 25 - 27 mm, or 26 - 28 mm depending on model. The XT is not very sensitive to this BTW.

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The Coasting enricher stops it cutting out when you 'throttle off' from 'giving it some Bigtime!'.......if that wasnt there...... the engine would die, and you would find yourself restarting every time you stop at the lights/ junctions/ etc.

FLOAT LEVELS yeah, XT aint too fussy on that!
I just "guestimated" mine at about23-24mm and it is OK. I didnt have internet connection on at the time and neither did I have the Manual handy,so i thought that looks about right, measured it, 23.5mm in actuality...... but it back together

She runs sweet as... so never bothered to readjust it....... if it aint broke n all that

The XT600 IS sensitive to Mixture & Idle settings though.

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Generally speaking a coasting enricher really comes into it's own when throttling off at speed and sustaining a fair amount of speed over a distance (long downhill etc) where the motor could otherwise lean out to the point of siezing.
Truth of the matter is this was added to the carb setup in on the XT550 K model for the first time. The prior XT550 J did not have a siezing issue tho, but one 'orribly bad backfire that would blow the back off the end can. There after great fun could be had terrorising motorists.......ahhh the good ol days :-)
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hmmmmm 10 paces & fire!
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Generally speaking a coasting enricher really comes into it's own when throttling off at speed and sustaining a fair amount of speed over a distance (long downhill etc) where the motor could otherwise lean out to the point of siezing.
Can't agree with the SIEZING bit Bruken!

If it was a 2 Stroke, then most probably Yes...... but a 4 Stroke is lubed via the Oil in the Sump or from the Oil-pump not Oil in the Fuel, so theoretically it wouldn't Sieze even if you were at altitude in the French Alps on a long-down-hill-off-throttle-engine-braking-run..... as long as the engine is Ticking over..... which is what the device is meant to do, it keeps the engine from Cutting out.

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Ok, thamks guys, but how do I adjust the mixture????????? The only adjustment I can see is the pilot jet, (and also the idling speed). When i was out on the bike yesterday, goes like a stabbed rat, but on the open road doing about 75mph, every now and again it felt like it was going onto reserve. You know the kind of feeling that it's just about to run out of fuel, but very slightly.

So i've cleaned the tank, fuel taps, fuel pump and carb. What the hell should i try next????
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hm yeah, they do that sometimes!
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Ok, thamks guys, but how do I adjust the mixture????????? The only adjustment I can see is the pilot jet, (and also the idling speed). When i was out on the bike yesterday, goes like a stabbed rat, but on the open road doing about 75mph, every now and again it felt like it was going onto reserve. You know the kind of feeling that it's just about to run out of fuel, but very slightly.

So i've cleaned the tank, fuel taps, fuel pump and carb. What the hell should i try next????
Hi Dave, its always hard trying to diagnose bike prob's especially fuelling probs over the net... but im gonna have a stab anyhow.

under the Carb's at the front, ( sort of nearer the engine) is a mixture screw. that is the left hand Carb as you are sat on the bike.
that should be out about 3-4 turns from fully home ( fully home means Finger TIP tight just about touching tight) or you will knacker the end if you tighten it too much.

worth doing is making sure there is no dirt in your fuel, rinse the tank out, fit a fuel filter, and make sure your Plug, HT lead, and Cap are in good nick, or better still, replace em, its not a lot of dosh and wont harm anything.

another thing, its a royal pain in the Ass but worth checking! remove carbs, take out floats ( will give you a chance to check levels when you refit anyway ) and remove the needle valve...... there is a little filter, tiny thing it is, that just clips to the top of the needle valve assembly, (you have to use a phillips screwdriver to undo a screw to take the needle valve assemble out) but that filter can get clogged with little bits of debris, fluff, hairs etc....... clean that and give the carb a blow through with an airline.
then reassemble.

My money is on that little filter...... its a bitch to get to, and so well hidden most people miss it.

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Thanks Martyn - (things already done)The carbs got standard jetting, so I set the mixture to the workshop manual. Cleaned out that filter above the needle valve, it was full of crap.

Now I'm gonna change the HT lead and cap. The bike was running ok today, but I did get one massive backfire when throttling off heavily. F**k it was loud. Do you thing it's worth trying another CDI, jus for the hell of it?
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