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#ygrps-yiv-969094834 p {margin:0;}Clogged pilot jet.  See my earlier posts for complete instructions on cleaning it. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "R" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:28:06 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle   I own a '09' klr 650. When I start the bike with the chock on it runs fine, but the minute I take the choke of it dies. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening.

Clogged pilot jet. Manual cleaning is the sure cure, but you might get lucky and get by with some Seafoam in the fuel, or for a better bet, some Yamaha carb cleaner in the float bowl.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, R wrote: > > I own a '09' klr 650. When I start the bike with the chock on it runs fine, but the minute I take the choke of it dies. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening. >

Tony, Here are the high-level steps. Be careful and pay attention to how everything goes together: Take off the carb, remove the top cover. Remove slide, diaphragm and needle to prevent damage remove bowl, being careful of the gasket. unscrew pilot jet. clean all the holes in the pilot jet with carb cleaner and a guitar string or strand from a brass wire brush and pressurized carb cleaner. clean the passages by spraying pressurized carb cleaner through the pilot circuit, looking to make sure it comes squirting out the holes in the venturi. take the end off a cotton swab and spin it in the hole where the pilot jet goes. reassemble. run some sea foam through it for a couple of tanks. good as new. When you're done, have a look at my article for preventative maintenance: http://www.dsrtegl.com/2009/07/care-and-feeding-of-your-carbureted.html -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Martinez" To: jeff@... Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:53:16 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle I must of misses that post. If you still have it can you send it to me so I can read it. Thanks On Wed Jun 9th, 2010 5:37 PM PDT Jeff Khoury wrote: >Clogged pilot jet. See my earlier posts for complete instructions on cleaning it. > >-Jeff Khoury > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "R" >To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:28:06 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle > > > > > > >I own a '09' klr 650. When I start the bike with the chock on it runs fine, but the minute I take the choke of it dies. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening. > > >

From Jeff s blog:

 

 

[b]Long-term storage:[/b] If you plan to store your bike for more than a month, drain the tank in addition to the carburetors. Over time, the same evaporation happens in the tank and can varnish your tank and fill it with sediment. Even longer periods of storage can make the gas in the tank unusable sickly-sweet smelling sludge. The time you take draining it can save hours of work cleaning and rebuilding your fuel system.

 

Yep. Imagine a Suzuki GT-750 sitting in the basement for 18 years with a full tank of gas. That s a pretty good description!

 

On the other hand, my KLR in California sat for exactly one year, full tank of gas with some Seafoam added. I had intended to drain the carb, but next thing I knew, I was on my way back to PA, not knowing it would be a full 12 months till I came back to it. It started as if I had ridden it the day before. (Don t try this with a 250 Ninja!)

 

 

[b]From:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] [b]On Behalf Of [/b]Jeff Khoury [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, June 09, 2010 9:02 PM [b]To:[/b] Tony Martinez [b]Cc:[/b] DSN KLR650 [b]Subject:[/b] Re: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle

 

 

Tony, Here are the high-level steps. Be careful and pay attention to how everything goes together: Take off the carb, remove the top cover. Remove slide, diaphragm and needle to prevent damage remove bowl, being careful of the gasket. unscrew pilot jet. clean all the holes in the pilot jet with carb cleaner and a guitar string or strand from a brass wire brush and pressurized carb cleaner. clean the passages by spraying pressurized carb cleaner through the pilot circuit, looking to make sure it comes squirting out the holes in the venturi. take the end off a cotton swab and spin it in the hole where the pilot jet goes. reassemble. run some sea foam through it for a couple of tanks. good as new. When you're done, have a look at my article for preventative maintenance: http://www.dsrtegl.com/2009/07/care-and-feeding-of-your-carbureted.html -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Martinez" To: jeff%40astatic.net Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:53:16 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle I must of misses that post. If you still have it can you send it to me so I can read it. Thanks On Wed Jun 9th, 2010 5:37 PM PDT Jeff Khoury wrote: >Clogged pilot jet. See my earlier posts for complete instructions on cleaning it. > >-Jeff Khoury > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "R" >To: "DSN KLR650" >Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 5:28:06 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle > > > > > > >I own a '09' klr 650. When I start the bike with the chock on it runs fine, but the minute I take the choke of it dies. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening. > > >

Do the easy stuff first.  Will your bike idle without the choke and with the throttle?  If so, you need to turn in your idle speed screw till it idles on it's own.  Set the idle speed to what your owners manual tells you. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com     [b]From:[/b] truckinman34@... [b]Sent:[/b] Wednesday, June 09, 2010 6:28 PM [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle   I own a '09' klr 650. When I start the bike with the chock on it runs fine, but the minute I take the choke of it dies. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on why this is happening.

I have an 09 - you need to let it warm up before driving off. These bikes are cold blooded by nature.

#ygrps-yiv-975919594 p {margin:0;}If you do the basic carb mods, warm-up time is literally a few seconds. My '09 will idle without choke after maybe 5-10 seconds on a typical SoCal morning, and runs with no sputters, etc. by the time I hit the end of the block. One shim, drill the slide and back out the idle mixture 1/2 turn from stock.  Idle is set to about 1100RPM when it's hot. It's quick and easy.  Give it a shot if yours is cold-blooded. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: dougtyrone@... To: moabmc@..., "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>, truckinman34@... Sent: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 9:36:04 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Will not idle  

I have an 09 - you need to let it warm up before driving off. These bikes are cold blooded by nature.