How Do I tune a Nikki?
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How Do I tune a Nikki?
I've heard of people adjusting the air flow mixture to make the car run lean or rich but how do I do this? I have little or no experience with carbs. Is there a screw I can turn to adjust it or do I have to take apart the carb and get bigger jets etc.? I know this is a noobish question but I searched and couldn't find much.
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Originally Posted by Sterling
Idle SPEED screw...located under the linkage on the right side, very low, and hard to see. Requires a very long flatblade driver.
Idle MIXTURE screw...located dead center driver's side of the throttlebody (cast iron lower part of carb).
Run engine and get it warm. Fuel behavoir is subject to temperature. Tuning a cold engine does no good when it becomes warm.
You are tuning the IDLE only. Tuning the idle has no effect on anything over 2000 rpm.
Adjust the idle SPEED to anything below 1000 rpm.
If you cannot get below 1000 rpm, you have a vacuum leak...a cracked hose, dried-up gasket, that sort of thing- It's letting air come in to the idle circuit, and bleeding off the signal to the fuel source.
Next, adjust the MIXTURE screw by turning it clockwise till it wants to stall. This is leaning the idle mixture.
When it starts to "hunt", or stumble, turn it back 1/2 turn.
Redirect your attention to the idle SPEED screw, and turn it counterclockwise untill you are idling at 750 rpms.
Return to the idle MIXTURE screw, and adjust it the same way as before.
Check the idle SPEED again, and if necessary, repeat both steps.
Your done.
A vacuum leak will only cause an incorrectable high idle.
It will not cause a stumbling.
If you are experiencing stumbling during idle no matter how many times you adjust it, and if you can hear it as you slowly rev the engine, then this is most likely an ignition problem.
Idle MIXTURE screw...located dead center driver's side of the throttlebody (cast iron lower part of carb).
Run engine and get it warm. Fuel behavoir is subject to temperature. Tuning a cold engine does no good when it becomes warm.
You are tuning the IDLE only. Tuning the idle has no effect on anything over 2000 rpm.
Adjust the idle SPEED to anything below 1000 rpm.
If you cannot get below 1000 rpm, you have a vacuum leak...a cracked hose, dried-up gasket, that sort of thing- It's letting air come in to the idle circuit, and bleeding off the signal to the fuel source.
Next, adjust the MIXTURE screw by turning it clockwise till it wants to stall. This is leaning the idle mixture.
When it starts to "hunt", or stumble, turn it back 1/2 turn.
Redirect your attention to the idle SPEED screw, and turn it counterclockwise untill you are idling at 750 rpms.
Return to the idle MIXTURE screw, and adjust it the same way as before.
Check the idle SPEED again, and if necessary, repeat both steps.
Your done.
A vacuum leak will only cause an incorrectable high idle.
It will not cause a stumbling.
If you are experiencing stumbling during idle no matter how many times you adjust it, and if you can hear it as you slowly rev the engine, then this is most likely an ignition problem.
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the idle adjust is way to the right of the mixture screw.It is tucked under where the cables attach to regulate the carb. U need a long screw driver philips it think... refer to FSM for procedure> If i remember you have to plug the idle compensator hose
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the idle adjust is way to the right of the mixture screw.It is tucked under where the cables attach to regulate the carb. U need a long screw driver philips it think... refer to FSM for procedure> If i remember you have to plug the idle compensator hose
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