Flooded 670

[RB670]

Hi all. I have a new to me 1996 670 mxz. It has a new engine. I tried it out on the weekend and had crazy excessive fueling issues.
My question is the jetting. I don't go to the mountains at all. What is the correct jetting for this engine?
This thing flooded to the point where I had to shut the fuel off and pull it until it started at WOT. Anytime I gave it more gas(turned fuel back on) it would flood out.
Was thinking maybe bad fuel pump too...can it suck into the engine from the vacuum feed?

Any help would be great

Richard

 

[team dirt]

Float levels are to hi. Take carbs out pull bowl covers. Flip carbs upside down and see where the floats sit on the spring tension on the seat and needle. There’s a little brass tab you can bend to raise or lower the floats. The arm that brass tab is on should be roughly level with just gravity pulling down against the spring tension. Also check the seat and needle for tight seal. If they are leaking it will cause flooding. Mark the carbs before pulling as jetting is different from mag to PTO due to the rotary valve.

 

[RB670]

I will double check that, Thanks!

 

[roughriders]

yes check what team dirt said, these carbs also sit at quite a bit of angle which doesnt help the floats . they are touchy

 

[KatMan]

even just a good cleaning of the floats. they may have been stuck open.(down)

you can adjust full close on the valve by slightly bending the point where the float arm hits the needle. you'll see what i mean when yo take it apart.

bend it in the direction of the needle to stop the fuel to the bowl sooner. there will be a small mark(dot) on the side that hits the needle.

 

[snopro]

Don't rule out the primer being buggered and allowing fuel to flow into the carbs as well. That is a common issue as well to look at. Chances are the carbs weren't touched in the rebuild on the motor so rotary valve timing could be wrong if the tech didn't know what he was doing if it was a back yarder. If everything else checks out good I would look at that as well. Good luck!

 

[Bogger]

AND never park a 670 facing downhill........

 

[pfi572]

AND never park a 670 facing downhill........

Shut fuel off of for above or you have to roll it over for some reason .
Have seen it so bad guys would be pulling them out . Couldn’t get started . We would just pull plugs and tip up-side down to drain fuel out of cylinders . Lol
Guys would be yeh whatever.
Tip back over with dry plugs and fire it right up .

 

[0neoldfart]

Most of the 670’s carbs (both 40 & 44mm) had Viton needle and seat. A good fix to prevent flooding when pointed downhill was to use the heavier brass units from the 94? Mach 1.

 

[RB670]

Floats are set properly. I pulled all the fuel out suspecting maybe bad fuel(water in fuel?) One thing I noticed is that there was what looked like brass filings in the bottom of the tank. Cleaned everything out and installed a fuel filter. Turned the fuel on and pulled over. Almost instantly, the carbs flooded. Fuel was actually pooling inside the carb.
My suspicion is bad fuel pump,over pressuring the system...Thoughts?

 

[MK4TDI]

Floats are set properly. I pulled all the fuel out suspecting maybe bad fuel(water in fuel?) One thing I noticed is that there was what looked like brass filings in the bottom of the tank. Cleaned everything out and installed a fuel filter. Turned the fuel on and pulled over. Almost instantly, the carbs flooded. Fuel was actually pooling inside the carb.
My suspicion is bad fuel pump,over pressuring the system...Thoughts?

Friend had a 670 that , we replaced the needle and seats on his with new and everything went back to normal.

 

[RB670]

Replaced needles and seats=same issue

 

[MK4TDI]

Fuel pump also acts like a check valve on that system if I remember correctly. The only other thing holding fuel back is the needle and seat and the on/off valve. I would change out the fuel pump or at least find a service manual to see if there is a way to perform a test on it.

 

[snopro]

Did you check if fuel was syphoning through your primer yet?