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Re: [Shop-talk] Engine idling problem

To: eric@megageek.com, Shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Engine idling problem
From: Drew Rogge <drew@DasRogges.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:30:48 -0700
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do things get better if you close the choke some? that might mean that it's 
running lean and that could mean a clogged fuel line or carb.


On 10/3/16 1:02 AM, eric@megageek.com wrote:
> I have a 2009 Kawasaki KingQuad 750 that I use for work on my property.  It's 
> garage kept and I had it since it was new.  (so it's well taken care of.)
>
> Recently, I've had a problem with it starting and taking off  (it has an auto 
> clutch and it dies when I try to put it under power.)  A search on the web 
> has these problems listed from anything from a spark plug to a new computer 
> (and none seems to have enough followup to let me know what works.)
>
> It got really bad and a new battery and plug seemed to fix it.  Problem is, 
> it's starting to happen again just a few months later.
>
> Now, I really don't ever open the throttle up.  It's mostly used at slow 
> speed or it's idling while I'm nearby.  I'm guessing this is part of the 
> problem.
>
> Since it's such a beast, opening it up full throttle would take a small 
> runway.  I did make a race track in one of my fields to run it more, but I 
> was wondering if there was a better way.
>
> SO, my questions are...
>
> Is it my low speed/idling use that is causing the issue?
>
> Is there something else I can do to keep it from happening?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
> Eric P
> "Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
> being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo 
> Emerson
>
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