NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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iDemonix
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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1 meter? :| Isn't it about 20cm!?
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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What are you building demonix, I see you picked up a lot of parts from the marketplace?
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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My bikes engine broke so it's coming out and being replaced with a good second hand one from Graeme France.
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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Now I can't start it. I remved the fuel line from the tap and cranked it over to see if the vacuum hose opens the tap and it did but after I reconnected the fuel line it wont start :twisted:
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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Have you drowned the plugs? They're temperamental buggers.
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Re: NC30 plugs keep dying/carb advice

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I dont think so. The engine was soaked in patrol from the outside when I tested the vacuum hose, the next day it started.
I'm going to check the coils and leads while I'm waiting for the carb rubbers to arrive.

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