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Hello Everyone! My name is Troy and I'm new to the 4 stroke scene. I have an 04 crf250 and I cant get this damn thing to idle correctly! It starts with full choke and as soon as I take choke off it dies! starts right back up with full choke and also the header pipe becomes cherry red if I adjust idle screw to raise idle?
I'm at sea level
2/14 turns out
40 pilot
4th needle position
162 main jet
Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks
Troy

Troybigred79 wrote:Hello Everyone! My name is Troy and I'm new to the 4 stroke scene. I have an 04 crf250 and I cant get this damn thing to idle correctly! It starts with full choke and as soon as I take choke off it dies! starts right back up with full choke and also the header pipe becomes cherry red if I adjust idle screw to raise idle?
I'm at sea level
2/14 turns out
40 pilot
4th needle position
162 main jet
Any recommendations are welcome, Thanks
Troy

Hey Troy Welcome to the site!!!

Your pilot jet is clogged. Remove it clean it and reinstall. All will be well.

Or better yet, go to the dealer, get a NEW 42 pilot (works better than the 40) and just replace it.

Thanks for the advise!,, I picked up a 42 pilot,will install it this week and give it a rip. Ill give the update as soon as I get running again. Thanks.