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Kdx 200 just floods backfires and won't start

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Just rebuilt top and bottom end bike ran great for two miles then flooded out changed plug and won't start since just keeps flooding backfires fouls plugs try's to run but just flooding help please I'm stressed
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Have you checked your float? Jetting? Cleaned your carb?
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Sounds like a stuck float not letting the fuel valve seat. You did take out the carb, disassemble and clean it up in preparation for the rejetting you need to do after the overhaul, right?
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Check the ignition timing.
'00 KDX 220R
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What kind of shape are your reeds in?
1990 KDX200 FMF Fatty, Answer VFC silencer, VForce 3 Cage, Wiseco Piston, KX125-J series KYB USD fork conversion, Race tech goldvalves, J series front brake assembly, air-box snorkel removed, Acerbis Headlight, KX450F Front fender, Pro Taper RM bend bars, ASV front Brake lever, MSR Clutch perch and lever, RB Head mod, 36mm PWK carb, Trail Tech Kickstand.
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Paper towel jammed in reeds?
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jeeptech1 wrote:Paper towel jammed in reeds?
Speaking out of experience? :shock:
1990 KDX200 FMF Fatty, Answer VFC silencer, VForce 3 Cage, Wiseco Piston, KX125-J series KYB USD fork conversion, Race tech goldvalves, J series front brake assembly, air-box snorkel removed, Acerbis Headlight, KX450F Front fender, Pro Taper RM bend bars, ASV front Brake lever, MSR Clutch perch and lever, RB Head mod, 36mm PWK carb, Trail Tech Kickstand.
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Slick_Nick wrote:Check the ignition timing.
+1
Didn't think of it at the time, but with a bottom end rebuild you had the stator plates off likely,
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Lol, sadly yes. Hey everyone does dumb things right?(that's what I kept telling myself). It was pretty amazing it even ran, but that's a kdx for ya!
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