Lectron not taking fuel
Apr 8, 2005 | 12:33 AM
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Lectron not taking fuel
Originally posted by: 1BigDSRider
When you pull the clear plastic bowl off, directly in the center is a brass nut underneath the ushaped flapper. If you look directly in the center of the brass nut theres a small needle, (its what i call it). I blew through the whole where the fuel enters from the fuel line and noticed that no air was being released through the needle area. after some continual trying it blew out what was clogging it. Has worked fine since.
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Didnt notice any symptoms other than the bike died after only a few minutes of running, and no fuel was entering the float bowl. I think it might have been some type of vapor lock, or just from the fuel being left setting for a few days. Im no mechanic but it solved my problem.
When you pull the clear plastic bowl off, directly in the center is a brass nut underneath the ushaped flapper. If you look directly in the center of the brass nut theres a small needle, (its what i call it). I blew through the whole where the fuel enters from the fuel line and noticed that no air was being released through the needle area. after some continual trying it blew out what was clogging it. Has worked fine since.
Please no jokes about the blowing thing.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Didnt notice any symptoms other than the bike died after only a few minutes of running, and no fuel was entering the float bowl. I think it might have been some type of vapor lock, or just from the fuel being left setting for a few days. Im no mechanic but it solved my problem.
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Apr 8, 2005 | 12:52 AM
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Lectron not taking fuel
Originally posted by: busmechanic
come on 1big. just one joke please
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Originally posted by: 1BigDSRider
When you pull the clear plastic bowl off, directly in the center is a brass nut underneath the ushaped flapper. If you look directly in the center of the brass nut theres a small needle, (its what i call it). I blew through the whole where the fuel enters from the fuel line and noticed that no air was being released through the needle area. after some continual trying it blew out what was clogging it. Has worked fine since.
Please no jokes about the blowing thing.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Didnt notice any symptoms other than the bike died after only a few minutes of running, and no fuel was entering the float bowl. I think it might have been some type of vapor lock, or just from the fuel being left setting for a few days. Im no mechanic but it solved my problem.
When you pull the clear plastic bowl off, directly in the center is a brass nut underneath the ushaped flapper. If you look directly in the center of the brass nut theres a small needle, (its what i call it). I blew through the whole where the fuel enters from the fuel line and noticed that no air was being released through the needle area. after some continual trying it blew out what was clogging it. Has worked fine since.
Please no jokes about the blowing thing.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]
Didnt notice any symptoms other than the bike died after only a few minutes of running, and no fuel was entering the float bowl. I think it might have been some type of vapor lock, or just from the fuel being left setting for a few days. Im no mechanic but it solved my problem.
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Apr 8, 2005 | 12:24 PM
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Lectron not taking fuel
Well she is flowing again but I'm still not quite sure what was holding up the fuel supply. I pulled the bowl off last night and messed around with the float arm and needle it makes contact. With a cup under the carb to catch any fuel, I gave another blow on my fuel vent until my face turned blue and wala! I looked in the cup for any object but couldn't find anything????
Apr 8, 2005 | 06:06 PM
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Lectron not taking fuel
a lot of could have to do with your gas cap and vent line.
The brass fitting you guys are talking about is called the seat. Then the needle fits in that (i call that a mini spaceship, since that what it looks like to me). I was having this same problem with my yfz450 on alcohol. I could not keep my floatbowl full. However it ran fine on gas. I got it narrowed down to my floats being on backwards.
The brass fitting you guys are talking about is called the seat. Then the needle fits in that (i call that a mini spaceship, since that what it looks like to me). I was having this same problem with my yfz450 on alcohol. I could not keep my floatbowl full. However it ran fine on gas. I got it narrowed down to my floats being on backwards.
Apr 15, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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Lectron not taking fuel
Thats sucks dont it Steve? I dont know what the heck it was, I took my bike out this morning and it did not do it. I fixed it (temperarily) by running through the whoops very fast, It must be something stuck in there or dirt maybe, try to clean it out or find some deep whoops. Let me know how it goes. Its got to be something stricking the floats maybe. Thats why I like the TM48mm carbs, I never had this many issues with the tm carbs.
Apr 16, 2005 | 03:09 AM
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hey i took the carb apart and the alky seemed to gum things up a little even though i drained it after the last ride. It seems to be working fine now. Running the alky is a pain in the *** so far, hopefully the power is worth it.