3250 idle problems
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I Have an older 3250, by that I mean Italian made. It was broken in and then put away until I got it. It runs very weel turning a Zinger 18x10 at 7400 on powermaster 5%. However, after about 20-30 seconds at full open it wont come back to idle. It seems to hang around 3400 or so. My idle is about 23-2400 and it transitions really well. It sound like its going lean when I come back to idle. It takes between 15 and 30 seconds to come back to normal idle. I changed to the OS carb but it didnt changes at all. The only way I could make it work was to set the idle mix so rich it wont transition well. Anybody got an idea? Oh yeah I even changed to a cooler plug thinking it might be a heat issue after the higher rpm.
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Usually, if the engine takes a while to come down to idle when you close the throttle, the idle mixture's a bit too rich. The idle should be set only after the high-speed needle's leaned to just rich of peak RPM. You may also need to rotate the spraybar a hair.
Fuel should be 5%-10%, oil can be 10%-12% once the engine's had a few gallons of regular fuel run through it.
Please see the thread on setting the carburetor that's one of the "sticky" messages at the top of this forum.
Fuel should be 5%-10%, oil can be 10%-12% once the engine's had a few gallons of regular fuel run through it.
Please see the thread on setting the carburetor that's one of the "sticky" messages at the top of this forum.
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I took the ST carb off and cleaned it, I havent reinstalled it yet. I've got the OS 7D working good after an hour of tinkering, I had to richen the low end almost as far as it would go? Thanks for the info I'll keep working on it.



