First start after rebuilding with no tickle, only choke

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phliper said:
Just to keep you up to date, I finally remove my carburator and it was stuck in 3 years of gaz evaporated! LOLL

I am going to the bike shop to get some carb cleaner.

I will keep up the news.
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Carb cleaner may not be enough. Be prepared to poke a fine wire through EVERY passage, then verify flow with aerosol spray.
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That's what my mecanics told me! ;) I will do it too :)
 
phliper said:
Just to keep you up to date, I finally remove my carburator and it was stuck in 3 years of gaz evaporated! LOLL

I am going to the bike shop to get some carb cleaner.

I will keep up the news.
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I have a brand new VM that I put on my Atlas. I even drained the floats before I put it away for winter only to have it still be gummed up from the horrible USA gasoline.
 
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I have a brand new VM that I put on my Atlas. I even drained the floats before I put it away for winter only to have it still be gummed up from the horrible USA gasoline.
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Here in Canada, the gaz isn't better. There is even a case where gaz stations were putting water in it, or replace the premium with 87 octane!

Do you have any advise on how to clean my carb? It's a single Mikuni VM34. i used an engine degreaser, but it's too strong for my aluminium carb.
 
A soak in cleaner may not do it. You need to manually clean the jets and passageways and blow carb cleaner through everything last.
Use a stiff plastic or soft copper wire for jets. Don't scratch them with steel wire.
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I think the common culprit on VMs is the pilot jet, which, if I recall correctly, is quite buried in the carb body and really needs removing to ensure its property cleaned out.
 
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