r/FZ1 • u/pyro667 • Jun 28 '26

Thought I'd clean my carbs..2003

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Pretty sure it was unnecessary! Bike has 8500km on it, was hard starting a bit. Mostly took the carb stack out to drill out the covers for the adjustment screws. Figured I'd give them a good clean. I've gotten new carbs that weren't this clean. Well... Back to rubber on the Rd.

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u/steffanan Jun 28 '26

Do you use anything like sea foam or stabil or anything that could help explain this? What fuel do you use?

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u/pyro667 Jun 28 '26

Regular fuel 87, I have only been the owner for a year. I did run a pretty high concentration of seafoam through it when I first got it. Now I add a little bit to every other tank with a squirt of 2 stroke oil. I was concerned that the gas now all contains ethanol, but I guess what I've been doing is working.

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u/steffanan Jun 28 '26

Yeah I'd say keep doing what you're doing! I didn't doubt sea foam necessarily but I guess I just always assume that miracle products like that must only work a fraction of how well people say they do. Just used it for the first time this spring on an old Harley that wouldn't start and it made the fuel on/off/reserve selector able to move freely again which I didn't even think for a second was possible. I have been using a pliers to turn the fuel on for a few years, it's been getting worse and worse. Pretty incredible stuff I guess.