Fouling plugs reason might be fixed?

atticus9

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Mar 15, 2007
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i have a 01 rm 125 i just had a thread up a week or two ago on fouling plugs everyride, i was told that i needed to get my carb jetted try new mixing ratio check crank seal, ride it harder and so on, i orded 2 new pipes a FMF powercore2 and and a fmf sst expansion chamber, i put them both on this morning and had amazing power, i can rev it higher now and since the new plug i put in and the pipes i havent fouled a plug yet i was going through plugs everyride before, i have only ridden twice on the new plug and the pipes do you think the pipes have sold my problem of going through plugs, will i not have to take it to the mechanic anymore to get it jetted?? or will the problem come back and i will need to get it jetted? feedback please
 

Boonie770

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Jan 2, 2006
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since you feel it is running better now take your plug back out and look at it. White or tan is pushing on the lean side. Tan to a darker brown is best.....
 

atticus9

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Mar 15, 2007
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ok i will check it will probably be black becuase when i was putting in the new plugs and not even riding on them and taking them out they would be black, but yes i will check the plug thanks.
 

rmc_olderthandirt

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Apr 18, 2006
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Changing the pipe and/or silencer will effect the jetting. It sounds like that in this case it effected it in the right direction for you.

It would be prudent to do a "plug reading" to establish if the jetting is proper or not. Too rich and it runs poorly, too lean and you can blow the engine.

As others have suggested, do a search on plugs + jetting and you will find some very descriptive posts on how to do that.

Rod
 

divineaspex

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Jun 3, 2007
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I was fouling mad plugs a few days ago.......I just switched to 40:1 gas, and started running it harder. lol @ plugs forcing me to stop riding like a puss, but it worked.
 
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