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Old 18th Sep 2016, 16:57
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sablatnic
 
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Sounds like a leaking needle valve in the carburettor. Not wide open, just leaking.
At higher revolutions the engine can burn the fuel faster than it leaks, but not at idle, where the engine will be partly flooded.
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