Avid Carb heater fitting question

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Bought an Avid carb heater for my Lectron and noticed none of the fittings on the collar have pipe tape on them. Should I use tape or not? It would make sense to but I don't want to if I don't need to.

 

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I covered all my fittings with plumbers tape. figured it couldn't hurt. It would probably work just fine without, but I never tried.

 

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Use plumbers putty. According to Robbie at AVID...
I installed my carb heater this weekend. Looking forward to trying it out.

 

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just be aware that in spring conditions you need to be able to turn of the carb heat..........for sure on a Lectron. When my bike runs warm in the spring, the carb heater on sure screws up the jetting, like flooded my bike out in the tight woods spring riding, took a minute for me to figure I had left the carb heat on the last couple of weeks in the spring and things were not going well. Really, most of the time you want the carb heat OFF.

 

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I used aircraft sealant from Napa...stuff is magical.

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Will any small valve be fine for a shut off for carb heat?

 

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CATSLEDMAN1 said:

just be aware that in spring conditions you need to be able to turn of the carb heat..........for sure on a Lectron. When my bike runs warm in the spring, the carb heater on sure screws up the jetting, like flooded my bike out in the tight woods spring riding, took a minute for me to figure I had left the carb heat on the last couple of weeks in the spring and things were not going well. Really, most of the time you want the carb heat OFF.

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Bought the shutoff valve he sells as well. Such a nice kit.

Even a standard carb motor loads up if the heater is on when it's too warm.

 

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kyle.B. said:

Will any small valve be fine for a shut off for carb heat?

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I bought this when I bought my carb heater.

http://shop.avid-products.com/eshopprod_cat_9010-111072_product_2094625.Carb_heater_onoff_valve.htm