I've been having a problem lately with my engine bogging out.....let me try to describe it best I can and see if you guys can give me your opinion or maybe a fix.
Just swapped out to a new centrifugal clutch on my Mitsubishi TLE 43 friction drive....the old one was slipping rather badly-the new one hooks up *solid* and as long as I keep the revs up-I don't have any issues.
Here's where I have issues, before with the old clutch when going up a hill....the clutch would slip and therefore the revs would stay up. Now, with the new clutch, when I go up the same hills as before- the clutch doesn't slip whatsoever and as soon as the engine has a small load on it-it bogs down. It doesn't miss but it feels like the engine is getting too much fuel.
Here's what I've tried so far.....
-replaced the spark plug with an identical NKG Iridium. I'm wondering if the gap has any effect- right now, I have it gapped at .32....too much gap? Not enough?
When I'm running on flat ground, if I give it too much throttle all at once-it bogs out for a little bit but as it picks up speed....it feels like it gets on top of the gear and it will slowly get up to top speed and while at top speed (about 30mph)....it runs very smoothly
-played around with fuel/oil ratios.....I use Opti 2 and I was running it at about 50 to 1- to be honest-it scares the crap out of me to run it at 100:1. I've been running it at 50:1 for the past two years with no issues. I've tried increasing the amount of oil to about 30:1 with no effect, if anything, it might have made to problem slightly worse.
I've read that if your mixture doesn't have enough oil in it...you can pretty much ruin your motor. I've checked my spark plug color and it is a perfect tan color with no oil residue.
I've done a little research and it seems that the carb on my TLE 43 doesn't have an adjustment for fuel/oil or if it does......does someone out there know how to adjust it?
If anybody has any ideas for me to try.....I'd really appreciate
Just swapped out to a new centrifugal clutch on my Mitsubishi TLE 43 friction drive....the old one was slipping rather badly-the new one hooks up *solid* and as long as I keep the revs up-I don't have any issues.
Here's where I have issues, before with the old clutch when going up a hill....the clutch would slip and therefore the revs would stay up. Now, with the new clutch, when I go up the same hills as before- the clutch doesn't slip whatsoever and as soon as the engine has a small load on it-it bogs down. It doesn't miss but it feels like the engine is getting too much fuel.
Here's what I've tried so far.....
-replaced the spark plug with an identical NKG Iridium. I'm wondering if the gap has any effect- right now, I have it gapped at .32....too much gap? Not enough?
When I'm running on flat ground, if I give it too much throttle all at once-it bogs out for a little bit but as it picks up speed....it feels like it gets on top of the gear and it will slowly get up to top speed and while at top speed (about 30mph)....it runs very smoothly
-played around with fuel/oil ratios.....I use Opti 2 and I was running it at about 50 to 1- to be honest-it scares the crap out of me to run it at 100:1. I've been running it at 50:1 for the past two years with no issues. I've tried increasing the amount of oil to about 30:1 with no effect, if anything, it might have made to problem slightly worse.
I've read that if your mixture doesn't have enough oil in it...you can pretty much ruin your motor. I've checked my spark plug color and it is a perfect tan color with no oil residue.
I've done a little research and it seems that the carb on my TLE 43 doesn't have an adjustment for fuel/oil or if it does......does someone out there know how to adjust it?
If anybody has any ideas for me to try.....I'd really appreciate