starting spray

[thingsbuilt]

Does spraying starting spray up through a tube into the carb drain spout, (after draining the float bowl) and then filling it up with the spray, and then running the bike.. does this help at all with on occasionally clogged left carb? I know it's lazy, but I almost got it riding perfectly and then yesterday it reverted back to one cylinder. I did this twice with regular carb cleaner, and it ended up riding well for about a day.
Is the starting spray a bit "too much" ?

steve
97 gs
7300 miles, carbs serviced 500 miles ago

[scottpA_GS]

its not the best solution... Try searching "seafoam" you can run some of that through the carbs.

As always the best solution is to manually clean them. its only about a 2HR job tops 

[sledge]

I have heard rumours that prolonged use of Easi-start can be harmful to an engine, particularly the valve seats. There could be some truth in this as it almost certainly lacks the additives that petrol has. I do use it occasionaly and very sparingly to help bring flatlining bikes out of "Coma" Its very volatile stuff and I would be very wary about filling a carb` with it and attempting to start the bike. If it was to blow back the results could be pretty nasty.

Much better to follow Scotts suggestion and attack the root-cause of the problem.

[thingsbuilt]

I understand. More to the point, I had taken them off and cleaned  them twice and by the 2nd time it was running great, now
I am forced to sell the bike for financial reasons, and whaddya know, yesterday it's reverting back
to one-cylinder again. This means of course that my selling price goes way down-- maybe to $800 for a 97 with only 7300 miles on it, cause it won't run right. Maybe even $700.

I am moving, and don't have time or $$ to have it serviced. But I won't mis-represent it to a buyer--
right now it is a POS, and it is priced that way. ..although last week it was a great bike.
Bad luck, I guess.  So I'll make the best of it. I am wary, though of pumping wierd stuff into the carbs.

Haven't checked the left coil, though.

steve

[Chuck]

I bought a carb off ebay for $50 recently.  If you're concerned about your selling price, you could probably do the same, put the new carb on the bike (it should probably be a 2004-2006 carb so pretty clean) so it runs right.  And sell your old carb on ebay as "needs work"

[thingsbuilt]

thanks, I'll consider it.

(unless the guy selling the new carb is like me, then i'd better watch out!)