ZXR400 Starts, revs quite high and shuts off again.

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Tommo99
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ZXR400 Starts, revs quite high and shuts off again.

Post by Tommo99 » Mon Jun 06, 2011 10:05 am

Hi guys, I've been recently Re-building a ZXR400L1 which had sat in a lady's garden for over a year.
I was mainly just sorting the cosmetics that had suffered the weather as well as brakes and wiring. But now I'm on to getting it running again.

When I start it, it fires, revs quite high and then comes down on its own again and cuts out. The throttle seems to be doing nothing to control the engine speed. I've looked at the Idle adjuster and used different choke settings but can't seem to figure anything out.

I can only think the carbs may be causing it, so I've taken them off to have a look at/clean out.

Does anyone have any ideas what I should be looking for?


Cheers

Tom


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