I'll be running tomorrow.

[4RE KLR]

I am sorry . I ment the filter IN the carburator. My carbs have internal filters as well as the throw aways we all have. They are a mesh type and even tho the see thrue ones are clear the small stuff sometimes get caught in the mesh ones. I do not know if your carb has this type of filter or not. Take off the fuel line (s) and put the hose in a bucket and turn over the car, see if you get a squirt or not. That will tell tyou if the pump is working. Look in the carb where the fuel line geos in and see if there is not a fitting that can be screwed out. If so take it out and see if you have an internal carb filter. May be mesh or stone or paper, but it will be small, about the size of the end of you little finger.

Ren I was thinking about the statement that when you "blip" the throttle you get fuel in the secondary. That makes me think there may be an internal filter. Because when you hit the throttle the added pressure may let to much fuel in and cause the jets to "spill" fuel rather than atomize it. If you are getting an over abundance of feul that may be the problem? Just something else to look at. I have gone over my carbs several times and these little mesh filters get dirty reasonably quick. They are so much finer filter than the clear ones and they catch every thing.

Also I can't get a handle on why it catches on fire. Is the timming correct? Does it backfire? I can't figure that one out. Do you have a cross fire distributer cap. If so take it off and put on a standard cap and see if that stops the fire ( back fire) problem. I had one of those type distributer caps before and it never worked right. It always fired out of order and caused the car run like ... well you know.

Let me know.

Ferrari Killer
Steve Parks