$17 Amazon China VS. Original Carburetor, Will It WORK? Honda CRF50

Today we take a cheap Chinese carb, tear it apart and see what the differences are, and then how does it run? Is the OEM better?

What are your experiences? Tell in the comments !

Thanks for watching!
-Sparky

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[leprechaun]

So lesson here is: Chinese ones can work if you make them work. But you’ll (hopefully) have better manufacture quality/ consistency with an OEM.

[larryjohns]

I bought one of those Ebay carbs for my EZGo golf cart. Surprisingly it worked great with no adjusting. So far no problems in over 5 years of use. Saved many bucks over OEM part.

[bAcnBoY]

I can vouch for the B-12 chemtool, really good stuff. Used it as a fuel additive in my brothers intruder that had a stuck float. The carbs were just replaced and very difficult to get to, so taking them out to clean them wasn't an option. Tapping the bowl didn't work, seafoam didn't work, generic walmart carb cleaner in the air intake didn't work. Added the amount of chemtool recommended on the bottle (or just above, can't remember) to the tank with new fuel, let it run a bit, let it sit for awhile, and next start float was free and fuel was no longer pouring out. Added a heftier fuel filter from J&P and hasn't happened since.

[davidbrooks]

I watched this to find one thing out that I couldn't find anywhere else: If the float valve on the OEM Keihen carb has a brass seat. Based on what I see here it didn't (although the aftermarket one shown does). I was a motorcycle mechanic for about 2 years at a Honda/Kawi shop 20+ years ago and I rebuilt at least 3 carb sets per week, but I can't get this tiny Keihen carb to stop puking fuel from the overflow. When I used to rebuild Keihen and Mekuni carbs I only replaced the float valve when it was damaged (button or seating surface), otherwise I'd only gently clean the rubber seating surface with a soft tooth brush to buff the seat scar off. I thought maybe mine was a counterfeit, but everything you show I have on mine so I'm convinced it's a Keihen (it has Keihen markings too). I'm about to order an OEM float valve for $18 (yes, that's right $18), but I thought I'd pole the group for anything I might be forgetting. Also, the float is in good shape and does not bind at the hinge and since it's doesn't have an adjustable tab that can't be it; so I'm calling the float good (which is good because it's $42). Any help is appreciated.

[GearheadStew]

Willy willy good... I about spit my coffee all over my monitor at that one! Lol
I bought one of those chinese carbs when I somehow accidently blew a main jet into the aether while holding it in my solvent soaked fingers and blowing it off with compressed air... I figured since I had to buy a jet and a rebuild kit I would just try a chinese carb instead. Started first crank and worked perfectly, I was impressed!

[romeparrilla]

Thanks for this learning videos about carb.i would really appreciate if you can help and explain my problem, i just bought a 1981 h.ex.nc50 with a rusted and plugged up carb, so i bought a chinese made one fr ebay and when i installed it, the gas lever throttle cable is totaly loose and the jet needle wont go up or down, theres just no function, so i wonder how am i gonna make it work?Any idea?im just a begginner lol' thank you....

[MrCxiong]

I bought a Nibbi clone-ish carb on Amazon for half of what Nibbi Pwk’s go for. It started right up after the second pull. Sometimes cheap does work. I didn’t think a 28mm would work on a 212cc but it did, very snappy on throttle.

[jx]

This guy has a very likeable, humorous quality about him. And also educational info!

[troywhitson]

I have bought Chinese carbs for a xr50 and dr200 just to see if they worked. They worked perfectly fine. Had to adjust the air screw for the xr50 a quarter turn out but that was it. The Chinese carb for the dr200 worked great right out of the box.

[Mr]

G'day mate, there's 2 screws an upper & one underneath it what are the adjustments on those two, thank you

[hvymax]

I've been looking at the Chinesium Flat Slides

[lovetoflylovetofly]

Bigger jets for the larger needle jet = same flow rate....maybe.

[dogleg]

Amazon carb on my yamaha quad I had to put stock carb jets in.

[Adriaan-bbkv]

I can't find the internal parts for my old original mikuni vm16. And can't buy original mikuni vm16. I found a replica of it. And I bought it. It came and it looks solid. I'm gonna fit it today

[ericprovenzano]

I just bought one... $18.00 I tried for days to clean the small pilot (pickup tube) to no avail. Installed a $18.00 carb, fired up on the 3rd kick. I little tweak on the air screw, and idle screw and she purrs like a kitten.

[jasperdomacena]

I have a Yamaha RXT 135
(a 90's 2 stroke Street Bike)

the original carburetor is now acting up, it's just worth getting a brand new carb and reeds

I've considered getting a carburetor from Alibaba

the Chinese Carb out of the box is just garbage..the float height is just too low and the jets are winter tuned and the bike's running like crap

so I did a bit of tuning replaced the jets and it ran fine and still getting 80-100MPG's from a 135cc 2 stroke engine

I guess these Chinese Carb are just like out of the box guitars
you still have to fine tune it to get the most out of it

[cycles]

The best carb dip you’ll ever buy is original name brand Pine-Sol. Stronger and better than this new version of Chem Dip

[ML-Auto]

Whatever you do NEVER get Chinese parts espically carbs. Ive been through to much with Chinese carbs. Better to spend more money and get a good oem one rather then to save some money and buy Chinese and want to light your bike on fire while trying to figure out the Chinese carb.

[danwilson]

Big up sparky, new sub from Essex U.K how about coming over and helping me to street fighter my ZX10R C2h model ?🥷