KDX Won't Start, Old Fuel Disposal

**BM-GS** · 5th October 2017, 16:05

Hi all,

My beloved family has kept me away from dirt bikes for about 18 months. KDX now won't start. I have spark (tho not sure for how much longer, plug looked oily) and fuel runs into carb, exhaust doesn't smell particularly fuelly. I ran the carb dry when I last rode the bike. Both my elderly CRFs started fine, tho I'd mixed in a spash of fresh fuel.

My first job tomorrow is to drain the tank of old pre-mix into the jerrycan of old pre-mix and then try to get rid of it all somewhere. Where can I do this around north Auckland?
I want to keep the jerrycan, so I can fill it with new pre-mix. Anyone here run a heap of chainsaws or line-trimmers? I would try it in the car, but I suspect modern EFI and catalytic doo-dads would be really and expensively upset by the 2T oil.

Then to try fresh fuel. Am hoping this will be it, but what else is likely to be wrong? Anyone?

Ta,

**Akzle** · 5th October 2017, 16:25

pour it into an old oil container, then feed it polystyrene until it wont take any more. then use that shit on your next vietnam.

**GazzaH** · 5th October 2017, 17:58

A shame to waste it: why not mix some of the old stuff in with your fresh mix every time you fillerup? So long as it's a small proportion (whatever that means) it should be fine, I reckon.

**nzspokes** · 5th October 2017, 18:09

Give it a new plug. Poor a very small smidge of fuel in the plug hole. Kick away.

I run old 2 smoke in my cars when they have been recently filled. No dramas.

**AllanB** · 5th October 2017, 18:15

Modern fuel does not keep long - 18 months it's frigged.

Your local dump will have a hazardous waste area, or go all old school and tip in in the gutter late at night - that will teach the Green Party for not sucking up National.

**GazzaH** · 5th October 2017, 18:49

Originally Posted by nzspokes

Give it a new plug. Poor a very small smidge of fuel in the plug hole. Kick away.

I'm a fan of StartYaBasterd. Squirt it down yer air intake. If it doesn't start, take a lungful .... and when you come round, you'll have forgotten you tried it already. Repeat ad infinitum, or until someone calls the authorities.

If that doesn't work, blow the crap out of the carb jets with a blast of compressed air up the fuel pipe.

Worked for my chainsaws anyway, before I discovered Sta-Bil fuel additive. Now the StartYaBasterd is only for parties. And balloons that go bang.

**BM-GS** · 6th October 2017, 16:41

Fresh fuel fixed it, bike started 2nd kick! Drained 3 litres from the tank & carb, but probably had to leave 1 in there as I ran out of old oil bottles (had ~5 left in the jerry too). Mixed it all up with 5l of fresh and it was good to go. Will be a bit more anal about letting fuel sit from now on...