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Put sea foam in the oil and now the bike has no power

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by ChiefRupp, Jun 7, 2014.

  1. ChiefRupp

    ChiefRupp Member

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    I put seafoam in the oil and the gas and rode it once then did oil change and it runs like absolute shit now, has no power and when i do get it going as soon as i let off the gas it dies. Its like it's not getting any gas, was riding perfectly before I did this moronic move. Please help!
     
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    sounds like you are going to have to remove the carbs and clean some passages.

    idle circuit and parts of the main could have residue that dislodged and moved there from using the seafoam.
     
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    You think spraying some carb cleaner in each port will help or should I do a full carb pull
     
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    Oil change, filter too. Seafoam could cause some slippage in our wet clutches.

    I'd go for a full carb pull. You introduced it to the whole system, thus the whole system needs to be cleaned.
     
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    Kay be dum question but so you think maybe running more seafoam through will help and also how do I pull the carbs just undo from all of the rubber boots?
     
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    How about have a look at the air filter first.

    You put SeaFoam in the oil, right; not the gas tank?
     
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    I put sea foam in both the oil and gas, I took the carbs out and they look fairly clean but who knows what's in the jets. As for the air filter I checked that mad there was some sort of nest in there, after removing it made no difference. Where can I buy a new air filter as mine had something chewing on it.
     
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