Friday, 27 February 2009

Carb


Well i've had some problems with the carb i fitted a Keihin PWK copy as it was a cheap one from thailand its no surprise. I don't think they suit vespas as the fuel pipe has to bend up in a loop as it meets the carb input pipe resulting in fuel starvation when low fuel in the tank. You could fit a pump but i was offerd a delorto/malossi kit form a good mate and have now fitted it which has fixed all my issues

3 comments:

Unknown said...

How bad were the problems? been looking at the keihin as an upgrade for my 63 vbb.

Rob said...

Hi Jay the problems i had with the carb were poor idle, this may have been the lack of use so the scooter is a bit choked up, but it seems fine now. The main issue was the fuel starvation {the scooter would pick up fine then die } this happed on low fuel in the tank. There are a lot of people using these carbs, maybe my carb was a shit one though i do think that the fuel inlet pipe design doesn't help

Me said...

Hi Rob, nice Vespa! I love it!
I bought a Keihin PWK 24mm carb with the Scoot RS, like yours, I watched your video and I was excited about the purchase.
Next week i will install this carb in my Vespa (PX200E 86)
What kind of tips do you recomend?
I saw in your photos that you replaced the filter foam, i bought a same filter from Scoot RS, like in your video.
Is it difficult to install this carb?
Can you help me with tips?