Preacher was "prayin" and I was "cussin" today...

[Moose1am]

Can a fixed jet get clogged with a something?
Glad you got it running again.

[Moose1am]

I am going to have to step back and explain what I was talking about.

As for as a boat motor being ruined by too lean a mixture I was thinking about not putting enough oil in the gasoline. No matter what the carb setting is after that the motor is going to run too hot. No oil in the 2 cycle engines fuel will make the mixture too lean and the engine will run too hot and could damage the pistons. END of the boat motor section here


Now for cars the show I was talking about was talking about (two guys and a garage) the guys were using a computer to change the cars fuel/air mixture settings to make the mixture richer or leaner. You don't mix oil in the gas of a car. Not talking about boats this time. This is for car engines only. These guys on TV were working with automobiles that dont' use oil mixed in the gasoline.

I was talking about two totally different things here guys but they did have one thing in common. Run the mixture too hot and you can destroy a piston or head in the car or the boat.

Now with cane poles problem I was thinking that he might have something stuck in the carbs fuel jets (fixed or not). Most likey there was something stuck in the hi speed fixed carb port and it was obstruction the fuel flow. Without any fuel he can't get the motor to go fast. No way can he ruin the engine like that. No fuel no go. And I would assume that he mixed his fuel ok since he has been doing that for 50 years or more now. I guess I was thinking about the one time that I tore my tillers or lawnmowers carb down and clean it with carb cleaner and didn't get the small piece of grass out of the port that got stuck in there. somehow a very small piece of grass got into the fuel tank and got sucked into the carb and got stuck in the high speed port of the carb. It would not come out until I teased it out with a small wire. My point was if you tear the carb down to clean it don't forget to run some wires though the ports to make sure that foreign objects are poked out as the carb cleaner won't get that stuff out. Grass won't dissolve with the chemical cleaner. If you tear it down you might as well make sure that you clean it right the first time. It took me three times to figure that out. Just wanted to pass this on to everyone else so they dont' make the same mistake I did. Do it right the first time. Took me three tries to figure that out.

I think the problem with 2 strokes blowing up due to carb problems is mostly in multi carb motors. If you think about it, a 4 cylinder, 4 carb motor with one carb running lean is going to slow you down some. Now the normal guy just figures it just needs a tune up or something and keeps the hammer down. All the while that odd cylinder isn't getting the proper lubrication due to the lean fuel mix. Next thing you know, that cylinder melts down. Now with small motors and one carb, you won't be able to run that thing hard enough to ruin it. Even with a 2 cylinder 2 carb motor it will probably run too poorly for you to harm it before getting it fixed. Another point I'd like to make, is if one has fuel problems with a carb motor, fuel injected motors require even better fuel quality and filtering.

[Moose1am]

Good to see that KARL read and understood exactly what I was saying. I was beginning to wonder if I was in need or a good Technical Writing refresher course. From the replies I was getting is seemed to me that people didn't understand what I was trying to say.


My main point to Cane Pole was to try the wire to make sure that he gets everything out of the jets or holes inside the carborator.

[Speck1]

I bet theres a big juicy Crappie scale caught in a jet somewhere huh? lol Speck