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This is how it goes with my 426 every time:

Turn gas on.

Pull choke.

Twist throttle wide open then release.

Put your hand on the brake reservoir.

Kick hard. Kick hard one more time...braaaaap!

I notice that you are in Wisconsin...these bikes are tough to start when it's really cold outside. How does your spark plug look?

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This is how it goes with my 426 every time:

Turn gas on.

Pull choke.

Twist throttle wide open then release.

Put your hand on the brake reservoir.

Kick hard. Kick hard one more time...braaaaap!

I notice that you are in Wisconsin...these bikes are tough to start when it's really cold outside. How does your spark plug look?

My plug fouls After every use. Like once its hot it takes like say 7 kicks to get it going but once i park it and try to ride the next day it needs a plug.

When i ride it, it slightly hesitates off idle. So do i need a biger or smaller PILOT jet? Also the header turns orange. So im running rich and lean what do i change? I think i need a main jet and a pilot jet change but do i go biger or smaller?

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Have you done the BK/GB Mod? Have you installed a JD Jetting Kit? First always turn off your fuel at the petcock and let it die by running til out of fuel. On warm days. do you ever have to use the hot start? Or does it start fine when it is hot? I suspect the pump shot on the accel pump being too long and a pilot that is too small. Quality fuel might also play a part but race gas isnt required. Winter blends have different characteristics and can possibly cause these symptoms. At least race fuel is consistent, so tuning is easier but no power is to be gained. Do you ever adjust your fuel screw?

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Well The motor has 30 hours on. Just had the valves adjusted. It blows a little black smoke i see but i think its just cause some were im running way to rich. I was told that im I need a smaller pilot and that i need a biger main? I dont know. I just baught a fmf jet kit that should be here in a couple days and a tusk fuel screw. Tomarrow im going to check the fuel screw. I was told that it should not be turned out more than 3 turns if it is then i need a bigger pilot and if i turn it all the way in and its still running i need a pilot.

When i blip the throttle it hesitates slightly or pops so i need a smaller pilot i think. The power after that feels good but its running lean too cause the header turns orange.

The pilot im gessing is stock and the main is 175. Im in WI.

Any one have a idea of what jets and settings i should be at?

Im in WI

white bros header and R4 pipe

Air box vents

uni filter

cam mod

175 main and i think stock pilot. I never did carbs so ill be my first and im nearly ready to sell caue of teh carb and i just got it.

So what settings should my carb be at??

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Top Dead Center....

Some people pull in decomp, kick down 5 times, release then have a solid kick....

I dont do that though, takes way too long, if its cold I choke it, slowly push down on the kick untill it doesnt move anymore, let the kick get all the way bacl up, pull in decomp, push the kick down about 1 inch, just to get past the top, release decomp, then one solid kick thru, starts every time, I can get my 426 started faster than my friend gets his crf250.

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If you are not moving the header will turn orange/red, you can't sit and idle for very long with these bikes without the header turning red.

If the valves are adjusted it should start easy.

If it is cold, first start of the day, pull the choke out, two full twists of the throttle, remove your hand from the throttle, push the kicker until you reach top dead center (hard to push down), pull the decompression leaver in and push about an inch farther to get past TDC, let kicker return to the top of the stroke, NOW with one good strong kick all the way through it should start. Remember to remove your hand from the throttle.

If it has stalled, fallen over or has just been running, you may or may not need to use the hot start, try with and without to find the secret that works for your bike. DO NOT twist the throttle when try to start the bike warm. REMOVE your hand from the throttle.

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Wheres the decompression leaver? All i have is a choke and a hot start. The hot start i have to reach down bu the carb.

The way im starting it is, turn choke on, hit the throttle 1 or 2 times, get the piston to the top and kick and it never starts.

I dont let it idle i start it and take off. I run mostly full throttle.

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The hot start should be a small leaver on the same side of the handlebar as the clutch leaver. That is unless it has been removed and replaced with an auto decompression cam. The pipe should not be glowing if you are moving.
The hot start on a 426 is a red plastic knob on the carb, next to, and similar in appearance to, the choke. If there is a decompression lever, it will be a second, smaller lever on the left handlebar, next to the choke. It may have had the lever and cable removed as a part of having the auto decompression cam mod done previously, however, and if there's no such lever, and you can kick it over, it likely has been done.
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The choke is the black knob on the carb.

Mine won't start for the first 5-10 kicks if I drain the carb and leave it sit. It's a 1 or 2 kicker every time if I leave the bowl wet between rides.

I never flip the throttle before starting because most of the carbs have a very strong accelerator pump circuit. I am sure mine would flood if you did that (experience). Others may have different ideas, I can only talk to my bike.

Assuming the guy before you did the decomp cam mod (if not, you would know, I couldn't turn mine over at all and I weigh 215) then I would check jetting. Most 426 guys at sea level to 3000 ft with an aftermarket muffler run something like a 170 main, 42 pilot and 1 turn on the fuel screw. Are you way off that?

Next I would check the valve timing. If that girl is a tooth off starting could get tough depending on which way they went. The guy who did the cam mod may have missed the set up or the chain could stretch.

Buck up. When you figure the starting drill out, the 426 is a great starting, reliable bike. Good luck to you.

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Well i put a new plug in it. I kicked and kicked for a good 10 mins and then finaly it poped then poped again and then it started to run for a sec at a time and then stall right away. finaly it started. I had to keep hitting the throttle or else it wouldnt start. After it poped or ran for a sec i would have to hit the throttle all the way one quick time or else it would not pop. If i hit the throtle it would pop or start. After it heated up it still needed me to hit the throttle one good time b4 i kicked to make it start.

My head stay weld is broke. When i shift i see my motor jerk to the side, like the top of the motor moves. Does it just need the head stay rewelded or do i have more broken mounts? I just parked it and had enough of it so i didn't look.

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