{"id":66916,"date":"2013-10-25T22:46:27","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=66916"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:43:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:43:47","slug":"bandit-1200-k6-carburettor-maintenance-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20131025\/everyday-events\/bandit-1200-k6-carburettor-maintenance-part-2","title":{"rendered":"Bandit 1200 K6 Carburettor Maintenance"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s surprising how the same maintenance work keeps coming up\u2026
\nStock carburettor maintenance\u2026\u2026 \u00a532,300 If the engine is hard to start, idling is erratic, or the exhaust smells like gasoline, we check the carburettor.
 
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Here we have a Bandit 1200 K6.
\nIt’s not running badly, but it’s not quite right\u2014only cylinder #4’s spark plug is fouled.
\nI think we saw similar symptoms on a K6 before\u2026
\nCould that be the issue here?
\nSymptoms and causes aren’t always the same, so we need to be careful.
 
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Removing it now.
 
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Well, it’s not too bad.
 
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Washing the carburettor really does take forever\u2026
\nIs the carburettor heater an option?
 
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Checking all the parts and replacing the O-rings.
 
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This type is reliable even on float level! Inspecting and adjusting.
 
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Huh? We adjusted this during the oil-cooled maintenance not long ago, but it’s drifted this much\u2026
 
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After a slightly longer test ride, if everything checks out we can hand it over. \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s surprising how the same maintenance work keeps coming up\u2026 Stock carburettor maintenance\u2026\u2026 \u00a532,300 If the engine is hard to start, idling is erratic, or the exhaust smells like gasoline, we check the carburettor.    Here we have a Bandit 1200 K6. It’s not running badly, but it’s not quite right\u2014only cylinder #4’s spark plug is fouled. I think we saw similar symptoms on a K6 before\u2026 Could that be the issue here? Symptoms and causes aren’t always the same, so we need to be careful.    Removing it now.    Well, it’s not too bad.    Washing the carburettor really does take forever\u2026 Is the carburettor heater an option? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66915,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[1922,55],"class_list":["post-66916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-bandit","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}