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Does anyone the exact needle adjustment setting for the magnum engine. i have my main needs out 2-1/2 and my idle out 1 turn. i get some blue smoke on idle and even a little when driving.oil level is where it should be...it could use an oil change but its fairly new still. It never used to smoke all the time it usually did the first 10 seconds but it cleared up. now its doing it constantly as far as i can tell.Is this a carb adjustment issue or something furthermore?
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Correct. Rings, valve stem leaks, bad crank case breather, dirty air filter. First thing I would try is routing the crank case breather to a separate catch bottle,( tape over the hole in the air filter housing). A plastic soda bottle with a hole drilled in the cap works. this lets you see how much oil is being pushed out and keeps it from getting sucked into the carb and making blue smoke. If your air filter is very dirty it will create excessive vacuum and will pull air( with oil mist) from the crankcase if it can't pull enough fresh outside airOriginally posted by dirtdobber View PostA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.Comment
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well i ran it without the air filter on it and i do notice something coming from the breather tube now that u mention it.just found it weird that i put a new carb on it this year and it only started smoking excessively more than it does like any old engine would.Comment
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If it ran rich with the new carb, you may have a bunch of fuel in the oil. this raises the oil level and thins it out making it easier for it to atomize out the breather. oil would also smell strongly of gasA well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.Comment
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