Wanna have a go...

[FROSTY:Me]

NO NO NO--empty it all out till the tank is bone dry--not a skerrid of liquid in it

[Ixion]

NO NO NO--empty it all out till the tank is bone dry--not a skerrid of liquid in it

Thought that was already done ? If not, do it. DO NOT reuse the old stuff. And if you haven't pulled the tap right off , and apart, do so. There will definately be at least one filter in there. Once you do get to putting it back together, and NEW petrol in the tank, turn the tap to Prime, and run at least a litre through it. It should flow steadily out the fuel pipe.

[FROSTY:Me]

Ixion--I had the same problem with my FXR -there were little pools of water in the bottom of the tank and just draining the tank wasnt enough--they were sneaky lil sods and took a lot of shifting.

[Indiana_Jones]

Thought that was already done ? If not, do it. DO NOT reuse the old stuff. And if you haven't pulled the tap right off , and apart, do so. There will definately be at least one filter in there. Once you do get to putting it back together, and NEW petrol in the tank, turn the tap to Prime, and run at least a litre through it. It should flow steadily out the fuel pipe.

*pouring in the old gas* What was that?
Yea, will get some new gas in.

Also, any tips on getting it bone dry frosty?, with out having to get a can opener to it.

-Indy

[Ixion]

*pouring in the old gas* What was that?
Yea, will get some new gas in.

Also, any tips on getting it bone dry frosty?, with out having to get a can opener to it.

-Indy

Take the tank off. Empty it out. Pour in a bit of meths (3 or 4 hundred ml) and slosh it around. Pour it out. Leave it for a while to dry somewhere warmish (the meths will evaporate easily, and meths will "pick up" any water. ). Mix some oil with new petrol, about a litre of petrol and 50 ml of oil. Tip that in, slosh it around, tip it out. Leave the tank overnight. This is to put an oily residue on the inside and stop it rusting, the meths will have activated any exposed metal. Now refill with new petrol. There are better ways, but they cost money.

[Indiana_Jones]

motor oil, right?
like not olive oil?

-Indy

[Ixion]

motor oil, right?
like not olive oil?

-Indy

Motor Oil. Unless you plan to switch to castrol R

[FROSTY:Me]

dunno mate a bit of castor oil in there would have people wondering what the heck ya had in ya engine

[Ixion]

So where are you at now with this?

Is it back together ? Have you tested it ? All you had to do was put some fesh petrol in the tank and screw the carby back together?

[FROSTY:Me]

nahh--he'll wait another couple of months and have another bitch session

[Magua]

Gareth is going around tommorow to take a look, I might wander over and have a looky see too.

He wasn't going to remove the carb at all until I came over and we started pulling shit apart. I just hope it goes back together as easy as it came apart.

[Magua]

Ok, it starts now. Funny thing is that under using the throttle kills the bike for some reason. You can adjust the idle as high as you want and the revs will increase, but using the throttle is like flicking the kill switch.

[cliffy]

what you may need to check is the "o'rings in the bottom of the carbs that seal they are'nt actually shaped like an 'o' you get the idea!)in between the different circiuts, i have had a couple of these i've worked on have this problem and youll have to order a carb kit ex japan or buy a second hand carb set. i could be completly wrong but i had the same type of issues and it took f***en ages to diagnose as everything looked spot on, hope this helps

[cliffy]

oh and check your float heights

[FROSTY:Me]

Ok, it starts now. Funny thing is that under using the throttle kills the bike for some reason. You can adjust the idle as high as you want and the revs will increase, but using the throttle is like flicking the kill switch.

Are ya using the choke? does it still do it when its warmed up??