gassy air filter, etc.
Hi guys!
It's been a year since you started talking about your problems with gas in air filter. I was having some problems with my R/S engine too. It starts up pretty easily but then stutters a bit when running full out. It still does over 25 mph using the lower GEBE gearing and on a mountain bike, so I'm happy with that.
From my use of other air filters associated with different applications, I'm guessing that some of that oil is that to catch minute dirt particles and came that way from the factory. K&N oil filters work that way.
I took off the covers and noticed that the filters are/were covered in oil and had the smell of gasoline on the dark filter. I am not sure why I have the gassy smell though. So I just cleaned the darker air filter with soap and water and have dried it with paper towels. I used paper towels to suck up as much of the oil off the white filter element as I could get by applying a rolling pressure over the filter between several sheets of paper toweling. Will then reinstall it and see what happens. Oh, I also pulled the sparkplug. It was covered with a gray ash, not oily or dry, so think it should be o.k.
I am going to add some Seafoam to the gas tank and try running the engine that way and see if I can emulate your results. This is my second summer with the engine on my bike and I only have just under 300 miles on it it so far. So thanks for the ideas on this thread. I'll let you know what I find out.
Dale
