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mitchell93
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2002 KDX220 fuel

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Hi i recently brought a KDX220 and it was quite economic on fuel but now 3 months later its sucking through a tank of gas in under 12 km ? I have cleaned the air filter and checked my choke its still doing it ? :shock: :shock: can anyone help me ?
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I don't think it's even possible to run that much fuel through the engine that fast. it has to be leaking from the tank or bowl vent
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2002 KDX220 fuel

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I agree with david. Fuel consumption that fast is very abnormal and the should be easy to spot.

How does the bike run right now? If it were all going through the carb, I imagine the bike would be running very poorly.

With the bike running, can you see fuel leaking anywhere?
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No that the thing there is no Fuel leaking that I Can see. Its very Abnormal and frustrating!, i just pulled the carb apart cleaned the jets and check everything over twice. Cant see anything iv cleaned the air filter thats all good now... bike still runs fine but have noticed that power band kicks in a lot harder then normal... I really cant see the issue
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Are you on the throttle hard everywhere you go? On my 'ski for example, I can run 15 gallons through it in an hour if I hold it wide open the whole time, or... I can trail ride up the river and put around at 20mph for 3.5 hours and still have 5gal left over.

I have ridden the KDX for over 3hrs just picking my way through the woods for 6-7 miles and a few miles of open space @ 35mph to get to and from the trail and that would take almost a tank of fuel. So I guess your consumption is feasible, just depends on how long the bike is actually running and how hard you are pushing it.
'81 KDX 175
'90 KDX 200
'07 Vulcan 2000 Classic LT (totaled 4/25/15)
'82 Honda GL500 (sold)
'96 ZXi 1100 JetSki
'98 STX 1100 JetSki
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im not on the throttle to hard i do get up to the speed i desire fast though, no sitting around waiting to kick up the gears... but i ride it the same as iv all ways rode it and its only now its fuel intake has rising a huge amount. :hmm:
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2002 kdx 220

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Hi all, can anyone tell me if the kdx220 carb is any different to the 200 and if I was to put a kdx200 carb on my 220 would it effect the performance of my bike ?
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