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GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 6:49 am
by daxman
Hi All

is it part of the autolube system ? If not can you tell me what it does?

Ta.

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 9:52 am
by GTandcbr
Hi, it squirts oil into the air/fuel mixture and lubricates cylinder walls and piston crown.

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 11:41 am
by daxman
Ah thanks- more or less what I guessed. So a good idea to check for blockages on my replacement cylinder!

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 2:38 pm
by dollydog
hi dax, you can actually remove these if necessary :D the barrels i had didn't have any, so i pinched some off another totally knackered set. turn the barrel upside down and drift them inwards - into the inlet port. they are actually slightly wider at the bottom than the top, so you can't put them in upside down :D
cheers, dd.

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2018 8:41 am
by sportston
dollydog wrote:hi dax, you can actually remove these if necessary :D the barrels i had didn't have any, so i pinched some off another totally knackered set. turn the barrel upside down and drift them inwards - into the inlet port. they are actually slightly wider at the bottom than the top, so you can't put them in upside down :D
cheers, dd.
Interesting. How did you put them back in?

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 3:23 am
by dollydog
the same way you get them out. sit them in the hole and tap them in til flush :D
cheers, dd.

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 9:58 am
by sportston
Interesting thanks

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:33 am
by tz375
Always check that they are clear - especially if you flattened the end over with a pin punch. They are designed to feed oil into the center of the air flow for better dispersion, but at low throttle positions there isn't a lot of flow up there anyway.

We take them out when porting a cylinder and don't put them back. The oil still finds its way into the cylinder.

Re: GT250A - brass rod thingy in cylinder intake port

Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2018 11:41 am
by dollydog
hi tz, yes, forgot to mention that. i put a 2mm drill through them after tapping them in - just in case :D one thing on the gt250a is the feed goes to one side of the bridge for some reason. on the ramairs it's central. wonder why?
cheers, dd.