FZR250 putted out on the Pukerua Bay water front!

[Hack0r]

Pulled off the flarings this morning. Plugs where fine, must have been water shorting it out. Fill all the gaps with Vaseline, hopefully that fixes the issue. Wont know till it pours down I guess, just hope is not while I'm heading to work.

Yeah I just moved to Waikanae for 3-6months, and I work in Wellington.

Back to the fuel issue, I had be running it on reserve to see if it was piped wrong. I accidently ran it out of gas, 100m from work this morning. Flicked the switch to on and away it went so I must be correct. 150kms to reserve :S I should really lay off the gas :P


Thanks for your offer Paul, I have a manual actually for a fzr400 (no english version for mine) and I've managed to work everything out so far. haha If i get stuck with anything I'll flick you a message

[ducatilover]

The reserve tap cannot be "piped" wrong, it's a single pipe from the tank that carries fuel Hope it was the water that was doing it

[Hack0r]

You sure it was water and not a blockage in the tank vent or fuel tap? Hope you get it sorted.

Yeah pretty sure, It was running a cylinder down for over 1k because I had no where to stop, then when it went down to 2 cylinders LOL I had no choice.

[Hack0r]

The reserve tap cannot be "piped" wrong, it's a single pipe from the tank that carries fuel Hope it was the water that was doing it

Hmm, not sure then guess I'll have to look it up in the manual. It is opperating in reverse, so I cant see how water would affect it? I guess its working lol I could just relabel it haha.

[ducatilover]

Hmm, not sure then guess I'll have to look it up in the manual. It is opperating in reverse, so I cant see how water would affect it? I guess its working lol I could just relabel it haha.

It wouldn't operate in reverse, the attachment on top of the fuel tap is a two level fuel filter, as said earlier in the thread. Usally they can only go on one way.
I'd say the problem was water then, enjoy the bike dude

[RobGassit]

Replace your plug leads. Car ones from Supercheap can be cut to fit.

[jaffaonajappa]

Thats a shit load of vaseline

Vass. Shit Load. Wheres the Honda?

[FJRider]

Back to the fuel issue, I had be running it on reserve to see if it was piped wrong. I accidently ran it out of gas, 100m from work this morning. Flicked the switch to on and away it went so I must be correct. 150kms to reserve :S I should really lay off the gas :P

My FJ has a fuel switch for reserve .... NOT a tap as such. All the switch does is at a set level in the tank ... a sensor cuts out power to two plugs ... as a warning that you are low on fuel. It also has a low-fuel warning light. Which gives me 60 km's when it is steady on. I leave the reserve switch ON all the time because of this ... and trust the light. No problems with this so far.

[F5 Dave]

Replace your plug leads. Car ones from Supercheap can be cut to fit.

No they can't.

Bike leads are copper strand wire. Cars are usually carbon. Don't mix the two.

I'd be tempted to question if you had a fuel filter.. notorious for causing kinked fuel lines that starve gas.

[Hack0r]

No they can't.

Bike leads are copper strand wire. Cars are usually carbon. Don't mix the two.

I'd be tempted to question if you had a fuel filter.. notorious for causing kinked fuel lines that starve gas.

Yeah new fuel filter, lol I swear it run in reverse. On = Res and Res = On, I havent had a look at the manual yet or pull it apart. But today again while I was on RES, it started to putt out, flicked it to ON and away I went. Filled her up just under 11L which is about to my reserve according to the manual.

[RobGassit]

No they can't.

Bike leads are copper strand wire. Cars are usually carbon. Don't mix the two.

I'd be tempted to question if you had a fuel filter.. notorious for causing kinked fuel lines that starve gas.

Mind if I ask why carbon leads shouldn't be used?

[F5 Dave]

Bike ignitions aren't as big & the enormous coils cars have (or had) don't care. Bikes usually run copper wire cables & resistor caps. Replace them with pretty coloured car stuff & then the problems start a while later with funny running as they almost work ok. Its not uncommon.

[RobGassit]

Bike ignitions aren't as big & the enormous coils cars have (or had) don't care. Bikes usually run copper wire cables & resistor caps. Replace them with pretty coloured car stuff & then the problems start a while later with funny running as they almost work ok. Its not uncommon.

Well I stand corrected then. I've done it that way before and done 35000 k's on a set from the local auto electrician. Wasn't my intention to put the young fella crook. The symptoms he describes still sounds like HT breakdown to me, common when they get old and it's cold or wet. Maybe you could steer him where to get Copper ones from if you think it's worth a shot. I don't think he wants to pay bike shop prices.