i have an 85 honda rebel 250.
all of a sudden tonight its throttle was odd.
it kept dying at an idle, (the throttle was not 'on') i had to ride home with it bumped up a little so it wouldnt die at red lights. when i got home, i turned it off and then tried to start it up again (within minutes of turning it off) and it was very hard to start. i had to rev it a few times to get it to turn on. even after that it kept wanting to die out.
this is where the fun begins. i noticed an odd smell and for some reason i decided to look at my air filter. as i undid the screws, gas started to come out. the filter was soaked in gas as well. then i checked the carb thingie hose. the hose that goes from the carb and through the frame out to nowhere.
i touched the open end of the hose and it smelled like gas and had a slight amount of liquid coming from it but not as much as what came from the air filter. soooo, i decided to put the hose in my mouth and blow in it (which tasted like ****) to see what would happen. when i did that a small drip of brownish sticky oil-like came out from a metal hole of the carb. it was brown and sticky like a resin. it also smelled like gas.
---- what is going on?----
i cleaned the air filter off with solvent and relubed it with a thinned out oil. i am also thinking about getting some compressed air and blowing it through the carb tube.
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ADJUSTMENTS: before this happened, earlier in the day, the chain was adjusted, rear brakes were adjusted, handlebars adjusted, and the clutch and throttle cables were repositioned to align with the handlebars. (clutch cable and clutch cable freeplay were adjusted earlier this week but this didnt happen until today)
it has never done this before. any ideas of what is wrong?
all of a sudden tonight its throttle was odd.
it kept dying at an idle, (the throttle was not 'on') i had to ride home with it bumped up a little so it wouldnt die at red lights. when i got home, i turned it off and then tried to start it up again (within minutes of turning it off) and it was very hard to start. i had to rev it a few times to get it to turn on. even after that it kept wanting to die out.
this is where the fun begins. i noticed an odd smell and for some reason i decided to look at my air filter. as i undid the screws, gas started to come out. the filter was soaked in gas as well. then i checked the carb thingie hose. the hose that goes from the carb and through the frame out to nowhere.
i touched the open end of the hose and it smelled like gas and had a slight amount of liquid coming from it but not as much as what came from the air filter. soooo, i decided to put the hose in my mouth and blow in it (which tasted like ****) to see what would happen. when i did that a small drip of brownish sticky oil-like came out from a metal hole of the carb. it was brown and sticky like a resin. it also smelled like gas.
---- what is going on?----
i cleaned the air filter off with solvent and relubed it with a thinned out oil. i am also thinking about getting some compressed air and blowing it through the carb tube.
-----
ADJUSTMENTS: before this happened, earlier in the day, the chain was adjusted, rear brakes were adjusted, handlebars adjusted, and the clutch and throttle cables were repositioned to align with the handlebars. (clutch cable and clutch cable freeplay were adjusted earlier this week but this didnt happen until today)
it has never done this before. any ideas of what is wrong?
