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Agreed. My last carb cleaning was a Super 8 2T. The bike would not idle correctly or accelerate properly. I removed the carb, removed the float bowl and everything looked clean, but I pulled the jets and cleaned them with carb cleaner overnite. After re-assembly the bike still did not run correctly. I removed the carb a 2nd time, completely disassembled the carb and placed all metal parts in the carb cleaner overnite. Inspecting the passages, I noticed that the passage from the idle jet to the carb throat was not a direct drill-through but that it had two 90° turns. So I could not put a brush or wire straight through. I could see that some light was making its way through, so I re-assembled and installed the carb. A little better, but not good. I removed the carb a 3rd time, completely disassembled the carb and placed all metal parts in the carb cleaner overnite again. After cleaning the carb again, I rinsed it and let it dry for a day. Then I put all the parts in an ultrasonic cleaner, rinsed them in water and blew them out with air. After I re-assembled and installed the carb, it starts and runs fine. But now I notice that a little gas will come out the overflow after I shut off the bike. That's right. I failed to bench test for a float valve leak. Here we go again.Wow - that's a stubborn carb!
Did your machine sit for a period of time?Just one winter, as I was told by the P.O..
