Thread: the euro 250 lives! Drives great...WON'T IDLE! (and other Solex stuff)
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Old 06-08-2008, 07:30 PM
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Just a random thought here.

Is there a fuel return line off the carb back to the tank? Could it be that at idle the pump output is low enough that the idle jets are uncovered but at speed, the pump output overcomes what is lost back to tank?

Michael
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