So I changed my main jet from a 142 to a 132 to test the lean/rich adjustment. Put everything back the way it was. Fired up the engine...idled perfect. Hit the throttle...died. Hmmm. I put everything back the way it was and I should be more lean now with the 132 if anything. Took the carb apart again, checked everthing out...looked good. Reinstalled...good idle...die on throttle. So after about 30minutes of tear downs and rebuilds...I found the answer. Let's name the possible issues.

1. Too rich
2. Vent hose from carb to airbox kinked
3. Floats stuck
4. Float pin fell out
5. Vacuum hose from carb to petcock off
6. Anything else you can think of

The correct answer is....NONE OF THE ABOVE...I WAS LOW ON GAS! Apparently, there is a level in the tank that will let you idle for quite a while, but as soon as you hit the throttle...nothing. Filled up the tank. Started right up...and amazingly it didn't die on throttle.

Moral of the story...don't be an idiot like me! On the bright side...I did get to drink a few more beers!

Also, 132 jet didn't seem to make that much of a difference, so I guess I'll run on it for a while.

 

haha i laughed so hard when i read that we all have our days

 

thats hilarious....lol

 

That's OK we've all been there....... I nearly took apart my Wife's Raptor350 once because it was low on gas........ I was looking in the tank and I could see the level of gas quite clearly, it looked OK..... but it was a new machine to us and I didn't realize that the shape of the tank makes it look like it has a lot more gas then it does.....

 

When I first got my Eiger a couple of weeks ago, First time I filled it I only looked at the gauge and stopped when it hit Full. Didn't realize that gauge stopped measuring after like 5/8th of the tank had been filled. So I rode it and noticed the gas was going down pretty fast for a full tank. Thought it was getting really crappy gas mileage, Couldn't figure it out until the next time I filled it up, lol.