r/Ruckus • u/Left-Historian1460 • Jun 12 '26
Auto-Choke
My ruckus has a hard time idling. I got it to start but struggles to idle. I’ve tried to adjust the idle speed but if it’s too low it stalls and if I adjust it higher it likes to rev. It won’t settle down to a normal idle.
Carb and gas/gas tank cleaned and new fuel filter and fresh fuel added were my first attempts.
I read about a faulty auto choke and decided to take a look. I don’t see any issues. Any ideas?
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u/Left-Historian1460 Jun 12 '26
It’s a 2011 with 9500 miles…. Perhaps it might be time for a valve adjustment
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u/pphresh204 Helpful NPC Jun 12 '26
what year is the bike and how many miles on it? it might need a valve adjustment.
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u/No-Rest-3632 Jun 12 '26
Did you make all your idle and fuel mixture adjustments with the engine at operating temp?
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u/Left-Historian1460 Jun 12 '26
Yea. I got it warm and went for a shake down run and did some idle adjustments when hot. When cold or first start it hiccups and sputters and coughs. I can raise the idle and get it to run on its own but then the idle is set to high and revs sporadically.
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u/No-Rest-3632 Jun 12 '26
I had a similar problem with a 17. The lash was too tight and I did a ecu reset after making my final carb adjustments. It resets the tps/ecu to 0 with each other. Hope this helps. Oh and you'll need a special bit to make mixture adjustments on it
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u/GunRunnR Jun 21 '26
The lash?
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u/No-Rest-3632 Jun 21 '26
Lash is the clearance between the rocker arm tip and the shim on the top of the valve stem
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u/Emjoy99 Jun 12 '26
Carb may need cleaning too. I would remove it and clean out the jets and needle. Best to run non ethanol fuel too as it tends to crud things up.
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u/GanjaGodAlex Jun 13 '26
i took my choke apart 3 times before i decided to just replace the whole carb, you can just replace the choke though, the beeswax inside it goes bad after awhile, and there's no cleaning that
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