Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 I was out riding with my girl yesterday and my bike just died out of nowhere. I started it back up took off and when I hit 4th I noticed it was accelerating weird so I bring it back down and it dies out when I shift it down.. so I put in neutral, check the gas and it's empty.. even though I had just filled up the day before and only rode for half hour.. but whatever I get some gas fill her up today and I fire her up and she won't idle. She will turn on fine, and ride too but it's not idling. I just watched a video on adjusting the air & idle screw on the carbs and that did not help. Still shuts off if I don't give it gas. note that this problem occurred suddenly, my quad used to idle perfectly before it turned off on me mid ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Also, just so you guys know even when it's hot it won't idle, the quad dies out as soon as I let go of the throttle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blowit Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Sounds like either pilot jets are plugged TORS system is tripping because it needs adjusted. If the bike will run with slight throttle but acts like you hit the kill switch when you let go, it is likely the TORS. A plugged pilot will have some ridability issues at 1/8 throttle. TORS problem won't. If you have TORS still on, unplug the small black box under tank to test this. Brandon Mull Engineering Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 No tors on my quad just throttle cable straight to carb cap. Just switched my throttle cable because the one I had on there had some free play on the right carb for some reason so with this new cable it idled for about 5 seconds before I noticed it was gonna die out and now it's dying out again every time I let go of the throttle. The thumb throttle also had some free play before which this new cable fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Got these? (red circle) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 21 minutes ago, hoppedupandcutdown said: Got these? (red circle) Nope don't have those I have a flathead screw there and no clip for the tors like in ur pic. I just took it out ran it hard and it was idling when I would pull clutch even idled in neutral. But then turned it off turned it back on and it's doing the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 The clip is to hold the cap from un-screwing, not just the TORS, irrelevant. The screw in the circle would be your idle screw. Get some. (or do just mean a different head?) Turn them in if you have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) 11 minutes ago, hoppedupandcutdown said: The clip is to hold the cap from un-screwing, not just the TORS, irrelevant. The screw in the circle would be your idle screw. Get some. (or do just mean a different head?) Turn them in if you have them Good to know, mine don't have them. But yeah the idle screws are different heads than yours I guess that they're the same thing mine are just flatheads. But you're saying I should turn them in on both carbs? On the vid I saw it said screw all the way in and then 1 turn out from all the way in for the air screw. And for the idle, screw it all the way out stick your finger in the slide screw in till you feel it pick up the slide then 2 and a half turns in from that point. I did that for both my carbs. how do I know the sweet spot? Does it depend on mods and things like that? Edited June 21, 2017 by Rawnold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 Could it be that it's not idling because of the fuel/oil balance in my tank right now? When I bought the quad dude told me he's always ran a cup per gallon. Talked to a buddy he said that's wayyy to much he does 4 oz a gal which half a cup so 1 cup per 2 gals rather than the 2 cups in 2 gals like I was doing. So this last time I fueled up I poured about 1.5 cup to see how it ran. buddy told me my quad won't even run right with the amount of oil I was throwin in there but it ran pretty good in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppedupandcutdown Posted June 21, 2017 Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 The sweet spot is when it idles on it own and there is a bit of slack in the throttle cable when all of the cable housing ends are seated properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawnold Posted June 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2017 5 minutes ago, hoppedupandcutdown said: The sweet spot is when it idles on it own and there is a bit of slack in the throttle cable when all of the cable housing ends are seated properly. Okay, so if I want to find that spot where it idles on it's own, I need to screw in (clockwise) to raise the idle? Or out (counter-clockwise)? by slack how much slack do you mean? The cable I had before I swapped it had a broken rubber boot I guess that didn't allow the little metal housing you're talking about to sit snug on the cap. (Which I realized was the source of the free play on my thumb throttle) So when I swapped cable,it's much better (on the thumb it's much better and sitting on the cap much more snug). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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