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Posted by: instigatr
i had the dirtbike version of those things, and i learned to be real carefull of the oil flow to the head. notorious for gettting restrcited and flat out going bad. ended up with like two complete engines, but only the bottom ends were good.
anyway my point is, is the chain loose due to the cam loose in the head?
hope this helps
aaron
Posted by: solid_fun
Here's my 2 cents. Friends have had two Honda's there the only one's that do this, it turned out to be gasoline problems. same octane but different brand
the only one that they could get them to run on is high test (Shell)? sound's bad but true. I will call him to be sure that it is Shell.
But he had every thing changed and checked before if was told about the gas problem.
anyway hope it works out for you.
Posted by: muddyashell
I had a 185S and my cam chain jumped.
Ran real bad.
It threw off the valve timing from the ignition timing.
You're supposed to adjust the tensioner once in a while to take up the slack in the chain.
Worth a look I guess.
Posted by: bigred250es
ok i have a 1981 honda 200 3-wheeler and it runs but it runs way to rich i burns out plug just when its idling for like 3minutes. And i set every on that carb to lean ive trie d everything i know of to do any ideas??????????????????????????
Posted by: bigred250es
muddyashell i noticed that my cam chain was really loose when i put a different cam in that wheeler and it was really! loose so i tightened up my cam tensioner and tight as it would go and the cam chain was still really loose do u think i need to replace my cam chain?
Posted by: BeatngU
I've got a 1983 -185s with the same problem. turned out it had a real weak spark. We tested and replaced most of the electrical system never got it figured out- sits outback to this day.
Good luck; Rob
Posted by: zenasskickin
What ratio mix are you running? maybe change the spark plug to a Hotter one.
good luck
david
Posted by: ridehard2
beatngu do want to get rid of 185s i have same machine runs great
