How to install a pocket bike fuel filter

How to install a pocket bike fuel filter.

You can pick up a filter at a local auto parts store. It is a paper element fuel filter, and small enough to install on a pocket bike. There are a lot of different fuel filters out in the market made for small engines. The better ones are the ones with a micron mesh the stainless steel kind. If you do go to an auto parts store just ask the sales personnel for a fuel filter that fits two stroke engines. Normal cost for the fuel filter ranges from $2.00 to $10.00 depending on quality etc. You will also need steel clamps that will fit a ¼ inch fuel line. You’ll need four of them to clamp on each end (one at the nozzle of the gas tank, two for each end of the fuel filter, and one at the fuel line that connects to the carb just look at the current setup on your bike and copy it).

Materials needed:

*Cutters

*Phillips and flathead screwdriver

*Needle nose pliers

*Digital Camera (take pics before you take things apart so you will know what it looked like before you tore things apart, makes assembly a lot easier if this is you first time).

Install process

1. Cut out one end of the fuel line and connect the fuel filter. (Be careful about how much fuel line you are cutting you don’t want to run short).

2. Connect the other end of the filter to the fuel line to the carb.

3. Install the fuel line and filter to the gas tank, make sure there are no kinks in the fuel line.

4. Assemble your bike back and start it up to make sure everything is working fine.

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How to do gas oil mixing for Pocket Bikes

Alright for the newbee this can be a challenge it was for me with my first 2 stroke bike.
Two stroke engines do not have an oil tank and gas tank there are pocket bike that do but most don’t especially in 2 stroke. There are ways to calculate the oil gas mixture but there are easier ways to do this.

All you have to really know is the following.

Go to your local Walmart and go to the garden center. In the garden center you will find 4 and 8 oz bottles of two stroke oil. If you have a new bike you will see a sticker most likely that says 25:1 ratio what this means is put in about ¾ of the 8oz bottle (to be on the safe side I would just use all 8oz to much will not hurt you as to little will) into a gas canister. You also have to remember the companies that made these little engines did not spend millions on research and development and have laser cut metal so 8oz is the safer way to go.

How to mix

1. Dump the 8oz in a gas canister
2. Put 1 gallon of 91 octane gas in the canister
3. Shake the canister a little (softly not hard)
4. Place mixture in your gas tank after you let it settle for a few minutes.

Always remember for best performance turn on your bike and let it run for a couple of minutes before you start riding.

Hope this helps have fun riding and stay safe.