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Posted: 20:51 - 06 Jan 2013 Post subject: Well, I nearly fixed it. |
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Anyone who has been in the workshop lately probably knows that I've been working on, and having loads of trouble, fixing my bike for before tomorrow.
It's all back together now. It starts, it rides, it sounds an awful lot healthier.
It's also pissing fuel out of the airbox. Took the carbs apart, all looked good, put them back together, reassembled the bike, started it and rode about 10 miles in total with no fuel leak. Stopped for about 40 minutes to an hour, went to start the bike again and fuel started pissing out of the airbox again. Of course, now I'm out and have no tools to even turn the fuel off.
Breakdown/roadside assistance has been called but I suspect they'll just recover me back to Birmingham rather than fixing it.
Is there anyone around the Birmingham area that would be able to help me sort a carb problem if needed?
I don't even get why it's doing it. This happened before after my accident and my bike was stood for a few weeks. I got them cleaned and it had been golden since. It has been stood for a few weeks again and is leaking again. Will see what breakdown cover guy says, but if someone in Birmingham could give me a hand if needed, that'd be brilliant. ____________________ 2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900 |
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Posted: 21:19 - 06 Jan 2013 Post subject: |
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Could it be that fuels getting into the carbs and then flooding them until it comes out the airbox? ____________________ Bandit 600 - deaded |
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Posted: 21:37 - 06 Jan 2013 Post subject: |
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Probably just a bit of grit in the float valve. It's sometimes worth tapping the side of the carb float bowl with something metalic, NOT TOO HARD THO ____________________ Space Is Deep |
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Posted: 22:32 - 07 Jan 2013 Post subject: |
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After cycling to Uni today I realised that I'm seriously unfit and really didn't want to have to do that again tomorrow.
So I got home. Found my old phone which had an LED flash which lets you use it as a torch and got to work.
Stripped down the bike, stripped the carbs, cleaned them all up to the best of my knowledge, reassembled the bike and then went for the moment of truth. It started lovely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV2ThtiDCL8
Fingers crossed it also starts tomorrow morning without the carbs pissing petrol everywhere. Carrying a 12 socket and a long screwdriver with me everywhere I go for the next few weeks just in case it pisses fuel out again, so I can turn it back off. so far though! ____________________ 2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900 |
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Good Luck ____________________ Ted : "Maybe he's agoraphobic."
Dougal : "Jack scared of fighting? I don't think so, Ted." |
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Posted: 23:37 - 07 Jan 2013 Post subject: |
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I haven't. Carbs were damn near spotless on the inside though. The only slight issue that I found was a very small ridge on both of the sliders. Gently scraped it and it's virtually flush now (microscopically out) and that seems to have sorted it I think.
Removed all the jets and checked them, all perfect. Blew through them just to make sure. Took the plunger out of the floats too which was spotless too. Only slight issue down that end of the carbs was the pin for the left floats had a tiny spec of dirt in, despite still moving freely, so I took that all apart and cleaned it too.
Hopefully this will run nicely until I'm back hope again for easter, then I can try cleaning the tank out too ____________________ 2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 11 years, 112 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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