Super Jet what happens when your reeds go bad?

[yamaslut]

I was flushing the ski tonight (bliping the throttle pretty hard and fast) and had a backfire. after that ski would not start w/o pulling the throttle all the way and then would run rough as . If left at idle it would just die after a few seconds...

Does this sound like reeds??? I have had the same Carbon Tech reeds for like 8 years too

 

[Matt_E]

Sounds like reeds

 

[yamaslut]

ok...

 

[Mr Bojangles]

sounds like the same problem I am having and I have carbon tech reeds too that I dont know how old they are. My ski has been back firing, hard to start, and when it did start, ran like there was a air leak. The biggest gap was .016 on one leaf of the reads. Im waiting on new ones and hope that fixes the problem

 

[Scraggly]

i had the same and it was reeds. ran great wide open and was crazy at any other rpm

 

[yamaslut]

thanks guys... sounds like that's the deal.

 

[yamaslut]

sounds like the same problem I am having and I have carbon tech reeds too that I dont know how old they are. My ski has been back firing, hard to start, and when it did start, ran like there was a air leak. The biggest gap was .016 on one leaf of the reads. Im waiting on new ones and hope that fixes the problem

let me know how that turns out..

 

[Mr Bojangles]

will do! I should have them tomorrow and hopefully will have time to put them on

 

[Mr Bojangles]

just a follow up, ski wanted to start, but found a chunk taken out of my piston with no reeds

 

[Fro Diesel]

Or you sheared the flywheel on the backfire. And now timing is off a bit.

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[WFO Speedracer]

Pull the flame arrestor and fire it up, you should not be able to feel anything coming back up through the carbs while it is running.

 

[Mr Bojangles]

this is my boo-boo

 

[yamaslut]

oh ... hope my stuff don't look like that. Got reeds yesterday (thanks JetManiac) and gonna drop them in today.

 

[yamaslut]

Pull the flame arrestor and fire it up, you should not be able to feel anything coming back up through the carbs while it is running.

on mine, you could see the vapors shooting back up the carb....

 

[yamaslut]

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[Mr Bojangles]

those look fine! you get more air flow for sure!