Subject: exhaust probs
Author: Martin Cooke
Date: Jul 26, 2002, 2:43 AM
Post ID: 1710673913
to whoever wrote this (i've lost track):
"cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and
intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B."
an air leak at the exhaust manifold will pop on the over run. an air leak on
the intake will just make it run weak in my experience.
now if anyone knows how to stop an eldo getting a loose joint at the
head/downpipe i'd like to know. got a friends bike doing this all the time.
NOT the nut coming loose (it's the locknut type), it just eats the gasket
after a few miles, air gets in, backfires like crazy. i put new gaskets in &
it's fine for a while, then same thing.
it started happening when new mufflers were fitted with rear balance pipe
removed. i think it may be to do with the pipes moving & flattening off the
gaskets. however the exhaust assy doesn't appear to be moving any more than
stock.
i must have put 6 sets of ex gaskets in that bike & i'm getting fed up now.
cookie
----- Original Message -----
From: "E. C. Bud Durdle" <bu-@olympus.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:46 AM
Subject: Re: Digest for Loopfram-@topica.com, issue 861
On Wednesday 24 July 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote:
| I heard a little while ago that the popping could be from looseness at the head/exhaust header joint, or somewhere close to that. Check to make sure the exhaust is tight up there, and/or has no leaks.
|
it pops through the mufflers. I have played with the air screws and it has
gotten better, but it is still
| there. I have checked the carb intake gaskets and they are fine. Someone |
this is a common problem with running amals on a Guzzi. Any ideas
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 09:05:15 +0100 From: "Martin Cooke" <mjco-@nildram.co.uk> Subject: Re: carb & air filter question almost certainly an air leak as matt has said cookie |
cookie I always thought exhaust if it pops letting off the throttle and
intake air leak if it popped getting on the throtle? B.