Scooter surges when choke is turned off, then dies

[unstuck]

Mixture screw is the one above your thumb in pic 5.

[sgurtman]

ok, I just took a look at the carb and it appears I have no idle jet!!! If you look at the first pic I posted you'll see (I think but I'm a noob so maybe not) the normal jet which I have, and then an empty place where there should (I guess?) be a pilot jet.

Is a pilot jet absolutely necessary or is it normal to not have one?

[Akzle]

Aha, I found the pilot air screw on the bottom of the float bit of the carb. Now the issue is, whenever I open it a bit it leaks fuel.

float valve fuckeroo.
Or. Its not the air pilot.

[sgurtman]

float valve fuckeroo.
Or. Its not the air pilot.

Yea, just realized that it wasn't the air pilot. Derp derp...

But what does this go to? Sorry, I'm just learning as I go.

[unstuck]

Is it a GCV 160 or something else? Whats written on it?

[Akzle]

Yea, just realized that it wasn't the air pilot. Derp derp...

But what does this go to? Sorry, I'm just learning as I go.

thats where i thought youd hav a stem to suck fuel up. Or a bowl vent.
Im feeling like a girl on this one.

Ill be in akl early next week. Where are you?

[Akzle]

ok, I just took a look at the carb and it appears I have no idle jet!!! If you look at the first pic I posted you'll see (I think but I'm a noob so maybe not) the normal jet which I have, and then an empty place where there should (I guess?) be a pilot jet.

Is a pilot jet absolutely necessary or is it normal to not have one?

no. This carb sets idle as a throttle stop. Your main is your idle. The needle never *fully* seats.

[sgurtman]

thats where i thought youd hav a stem to suck fuel up. Or a bowl vent.
Im feeling like a girl on this one.

Ill be in akl early next week. Where are you?

So I sprayed some carby cleaner in the hole and it dripped out here, not sure how cause it looks completely sealed:

[sgurtman]

Is it a GCV 160 or something else? Whats written on it?

its a Kei Hin BB Serial: 24AWOA

[sgurtman]

FML, I got it working but then decided to mess with it to get the idle slower. Now I can't get it to work without surging. Even when I turn out the mixer screw over 12 turns it still won't idle. Is it possible to change the screw to make it so I have to turn it less to get the same air intake?

[GSeX]

Have you disassembled the carb and cleaned thoroughly every channel inside it and the jets? sometimes you have to clean it completely a few times, and use a thin wire to poke any crud out of the tiny gaps. then as long as there's no air leaks and it's getting fuel, it should idle with the screw at around 2 and a half turns