Xs Mid Corner Miss Fire

[P I Staker 1]

My XS seems to suffer heavily from fuel starvation when cornering quickly. I'm not talking flat out either just if you're making decent progress.

 

It happens with a full tank of fuel so I don't think it's an in tank problem.

 

Is this something that can happen with these carburettors?

[calvinhorse 870]

Floats in the carb are sticking or burst

[P I Staker 1]

I don't know much about carbs but I suspected something like this.

 

Cheers!

Edited October 3, 2015 by P I Staker

[pugdamo 111 2 Cars]

I had exactly the same with my old xs and as said it was a split in the float, not very difficult to replace either, I think the problem might be trying to find a replacement now though.

[N3VRAM 12 1 Cars]

Solex are crap in my opinion, had 2 with this issue one would die when the engine got hot. Swapped to a weber and never looked back!

[boldy205 74]

common problem, could just be the float level needs re setting. Haynes manual covers it im sure.

[Adrian co 0]

I solved this probley buy usin a bigger inline fuel filter wel that worked for me anyway

[dawning 11]

@N3VRAM Which weber carb do you use?

[boldy205 74]

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@N3VRAM Which weber carb do you use?

 

Not sure what he uses, but the DGAS was a popular mod a few years ago. Nothing wrong with a correctly working solex though.

[dawning 11]

Cheers, been trying to find out a bit more info. My solex works ok never touched it though, was planning to rebuild it at some point but if a DGAS bolts on and makes the car more powerfull its an idea.

[boldy205 74]

Stick a set of side draughts on if you want proper carbs!,

[tdr_1976 41 1 Cars]

This is what I've done to mine

 

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[boldy205 74]

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​Thats lovely!!

[dawning 11]

tdr, what carb is that?

looks soo clean!