Honda Spree and Elite 50 Forums

Okay, the little float valve on the top of your screen fits into the little top "groove" of the float (the big plastic round thing), it then goes into the hole in the underside of the carb body where the fuel comes in from the fuel line. It's sometimes a little tricky to get it back in rig...

I'm willing to bet that is my problem, then, because it does run very well, even at idle, which would be impossible if it did, actually, have only 50 PSI compression. I suppose I'm making a mountain out of a mole-hill here. Thank you guys for the advice.

I was quite careful with my assembly, however I did not take just the rings and insert them into the bore....I did slather plenty of 2-stroke oil over everything before assembly. I also used a brand new crankcase-cylinder gasket. When I put a little oil into the combustion chamber, the PSI goes up b...

I'm a little worried about my low compression numbers. I just installed new piston rings and honed the bore. I also have a new head-gasket installed. Yet, whenever I take a compression reading (at wide-open throttle, warmed-up), I consistently get 50-60 PSI. The engine runs fine.....I'm using a test...

Ok, your issues. 1. Throttle slide has 2 notches on it, on small, one long. The short one should face out, towards you. Line it up with the idle-speed adjust screw, and it should all sink in. If you have it backwards, the throttle will be stuck at WOT. Bad for starting....usually. 2. Ok, you have yo...

Not toooo tight, you can damage crap, you're dealing with brass and aluminum, both of which are not the strongest metals. Screw the main jet back in until it seats, don't torque on it.

Clean the emulsion tube! That's the little brass tube above your main jet (it only comes out when you un-screw the main jet.....you may need to shove it out, use something non-metal.....a toothpick or bamboo skewer work nicely. Make sure all of the little holes are clear). Also, make sure your idle ...

Yes, my problem was that my idle jet is (rather, was) clogged. Your auto-bystarter was designed to help with cold-weather starting and warming up. When you first start up your bike (I'm using a normal, well running bike as an example), it gets its fuel from the idle jet and from the bystarter-enrich...

You run a 2-stroke. It is oiled through the oil in the mixture. There is no oil in the crank-case. The oil gets mixed with the gasoline either in the carb or in the intake manifold, then the mixture enters the crankcase, and gets sucked up into the cylinder. On its way, it lubricates your engine (an...

Well, if you go into the tech docs forum, there are a couple of very nice guides to cleaning your carb. That's where I got the info from mine.

Ok, so, it's possible that you just had stuck rings (like my Spree did), and when you added oil and fired it up, it may have broken the rings free from the piston. Unfortunately, mine did not do this, and I had to rebuild my entire top end. But, you may be lucky. As the others were saying, it sounds...

Alright, I believe I've solved the problem. After checking the labels on my carb dip (which it claimed aluminum and other alloys were perfectly safe to put in it), I disassembled the carb, and dipped the carb body, main jet, emulsion tube, the mixture screw, and the idle screw. After about 20 minute...

So, when I take the mixture screw out of the carb and shine a light inside, am I supposed to see one of those little holes in the brass jet?

calm down.....sounds like you may have a bad oil pump or seal. I believe the way to check the oil pump is to remove it and let it sit over a bucket for a few days.....if oil leaks out of it, it's bad. If it's leaking oil into your crank-case, well, yeah, she probably won't run. Also, check if your m...

Hey, I was reading some posts, and I came across this one. One question: How the heck did you remove the jets from your carb?! Obviously I can remove the main jet and the emulsion tube, but you have all of them out. I was wondering if there was a technique for doing that without breaking any of them...