Johnny Glenn
Active Member
Thanks for looking in - I've got an 89 Max I've had for about 13 years and have never done any carb work. Last year I noticed it ran like it had bad gas - muffled sound etc. I drained tank, I think I put some carb cleaner stuff in it and it ran ok. This year it sounds and acts much worse - took awhile to even be able to give it throttle w/out it shutting off?! Changed plugs, fresh fuel, checked fuel filter and found what seemed to be small rust chips?? in filter - cleaned those out and will run now but sounds very muffled and will not hold idle w/out mid-choke or some throttle. Thanks for sticking w/ this long post -- Is cleaning the carbs the same as rebuilding it? I imagine I'm experiencing carb problems but is there some adjustments to try or recommended carb cleaners that might work b4 having to learn how to tear it apart?! Thanks again