power loss...

[arcaidy]

I've got an 85 Suzuki ALT 125. It runs really well most of the time, but everynow and then it boggs down pretty bad. I think it may be a timing issue. I believe it starts to run hot of i continue to ride it like that. It will stay bogged down and then come back to life for some reason. When it happens, i try differnet things to make it come out of it, but i haven't found anthing that really works.
What are your thoughts on it??

Thanks

Arcaidy

[puttputt]

I'm thinking it's not timing, because if the timing gets off,
it should stay off, not come and go - and it should
barely run at all . . . and a carb issue, like mixture off
or clogged, should also get bad and stay bad. . . .

If it were me, I'd pull the plug while it's acting up and see
what it looks like. Maybe , if it's fouling intermittently,
you can switch heat ranges and get it to run consistently.

I always get it backwards on heat ranges, though, so
get someone that knows what they are talking about to
tell you which direction to head on that. . . . if that's even
what the problem is . . . .

[jenndnn3]

So what are the different things that you have tried to get it stop bogging down?...Im would do some compression tests on it...

[arcaidy]

Tried letting it idle for a while, running down the road at an east pace because it seems like its running hot, stopped and restarted. Just little things like that. I have cleaned the carb numerous time. That was on of my first thought. I'm going to buy a carb rebuild kit soon, but the carb is in decent shape the way it it.
When it boggs down, I can't even rev it up past a certain limit. I't not as strong on the low end, but it's still ridable.

then all of a sudden it will go away just like when it started...

[arcaidy]

I think I may have found my problem. The top line coming off my carb was to close to my exaust and was melting closed. I think that when it got hot enough and closed enough, then it would bog down. I don't really understand why it would open back up though... it was the line that feeds air to the bowl.
Thanks

Arcaidy

[puttputt]

then join the club -

hope you're running good now . . .