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Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by pictishusa, Feb 17, 2008.

  1. pictishusa

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    ok replying to my post earlier, the exhaust backfire probably is fuel related cause when i fire her up it does fill the garage with very gasy smelling smoke, do i need to do something with the fueal air mixtue? if so if i close all four mixture screws is there a general rule of how many turns to bring them back out? sorry new to an carb issues except for quadrajets!
     
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    approximately 3 turns out
     
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    Have you done an oil change since fixing the carb issues? If the carbs were flooding before then you might have fuel in the oil. I think that can cause backfiring too. (Maybe one of the sages will correct me on that though.)
     
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    look into a 14mm colour tune or color tune [Canadian or US spelling]and carb sink.Changing the mix can sometimes change the sink.1st read the plugs any good car bike or truck repair manual has pics of the plugs ie:black sut is carbon build up this will tell you how things are burning in the head.
     
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    thanks for the replies, no i havent done the oil change yet was waiting to see if i had any less flooding issues and to figure out how to bust the oil filter bolt loose without breaking it, i know they need to be synched but dont trust myself to do it by myself the first time, am a learner from watching not from books ugh! anyhow thanks you guys
     
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