MattIn11225
New Member
Good evening princes of the ton, Kings of Cafe.
Maybe someone can lend me their experience. I've got a 1972 CB350 K4, 14,400 miles on the odo. I've had it for a few months so far. When I first got it, it ran rather rough, with the right cylinder firing intermittently, or possible not at all. Took it to a local buddy who helped with the carbs, which had been out of sync, as well as some other issues. At any rate, it took care of the left cylinder, which is now firing strong.
I took her out the other day, and it smelled rather strongly of fuel. When I got home, I noticed the left exhaust looked quite wet. My first thought was water vapor from the combustion, but I pulled the plugs anyway. The right side plug is golden brown and delicious. The left one was very wet, and smelled vaguely of fuel, but it looked dark, like oil. I did a compression check, 180 PSI on both cylinders, so I don't think it's oil coming up from below the pistons.
Could this be caused by an overly rich condition? Any advice?
Maybe someone can lend me their experience. I've got a 1972 CB350 K4, 14,400 miles on the odo. I've had it for a few months so far. When I first got it, it ran rather rough, with the right cylinder firing intermittently, or possible not at all. Took it to a local buddy who helped with the carbs, which had been out of sync, as well as some other issues. At any rate, it took care of the left cylinder, which is now firing strong.
I took her out the other day, and it smelled rather strongly of fuel. When I got home, I noticed the left exhaust looked quite wet. My first thought was water vapor from the combustion, but I pulled the plugs anyway. The right side plug is golden brown and delicious. The left one was very wet, and smelled vaguely of fuel, but it looked dark, like oil. I did a compression check, 180 PSI on both cylinders, so I don't think it's oil coming up from below the pistons.
Could this be caused by an overly rich condition? Any advice?