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| Mice in muffler |
| By Dave Shoe - 01/13/2002 11:39:53 PM; IP 216.243.191.45 |
After eleven years, it's definitely worth disassembling the motor and reassembling it, just to be sure you know what you have.
You can be sure that some items can use a refreshening under the aircleaner (gaskets, for example), and you may find something nearly ready to crap out on you when it does get opened up. A nylon-toothed timing chain is a fairly classic "old age" failure, and they give plenty of visual warning - if you can view them. Many other things can surprise.
Your carb may be leaning out (clogged filter, low fuel pressure, bowl sediment, whatever) to give you the bog. A clogged exhaust can also do this, and it's not unlikely. While I sorta doubt any rodents found your tailpipe to be hospitable, it's likely your aluminized muffler or exhaust pipe shed a layer of skin, causing a sleeve of rust to restrict the exhaust flow. This sorta makes it feel like you're smashing into a pillow, as the power just plain disappears until the flow can catch up with the fumes.
I'll bet if you retrace your steps, you'll find a rusty looking snake laying along the side of the road somewhere.
JMO,
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