Mike(NEOhio)
Well-known Member
- Location
- Newbury, Ohio
My old ('70s) XL-12 doesn't get used a lot but for the last few years I have not been able to get the carb adjusted right. It starts OK but when I hit the throttle it wants to die, then goes back to idle when I let it off. Seems like the idle mixture screw has little effect. I can open it two or three turns and the idle doesn't change. Sometimes I can get it to run OK for a short time. Today I gave it a good cleaning, new fuel line, fresh gas and it still does the same thing. If I get it up to speed it pulls fine in a cut but after dropping to idle it doesn't rev again. I'm open to any suggestions. Probably should rebuild the carb.