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Black sooty smoke, smells like gas.

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by jkstull, Feb 19, 2014.

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  1. KrS14

    KrS14 Active Member

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    Make sure you didn't get the air jets backwards. BIG holed jet is IDLE, SMALL holed jet is MAIN.

    They're backwards from the fuel sizings.
     
    KrS14, Feb 21, 2014
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    My air jets were backwards. I got that fixed, unfortunatly its all of 15 degrees here, so Im not firing up today, but hopefully that was the problem. setting the floats couldnt have hurt it any.
    thanks you everyone.
     
    jkstull, Mar 17, 2014
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    Go Haynes.

    Take heart, they're predicting upper 40s by the end of the week.

    Slow down, be patient and I hope you don't heat your house with propane. (I only use it for the garage and OMG $$$.)
     
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    I read that the book had the air jets backwards, but aparently it was just the name, not the actual jets.

    Ill be waiting a bit longer before I go riding, hopefully some of these potholes will be fixed.

    I have natural gas, which is hooked to a fireplace in the garage. They p.o. of the house put it in, and its brilliant.
     
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