Hello people. I am new to this site, so I'm not sure of the decorum. I have a stupid question. What is the correct position for the fuel shut off valve to be in, in order for fuel to flow. I bought an 85 Honda 200 m last fall. Just tried getting it to run, but no luck. Not sure what is the correct position for the valve to be open. Thanks

Tony

 

The **** should be pointing in the same direction as the line! If it is 90deg to the line it is off.

 

Thanks Fubar

 

heythere, are NO silly questions .. ok, that being said , here's a silly answer ....on my 85 on is on and off is off and res is off or the other way around anyway, 1/2 way between on and off is on. yea, that's the one. on is off, beTWEEN on and off is on. Same for the fuel tank vent. I had it ON but after sitting in the sun, I turned it for some reason and it hissed a little off of the on position so it could finally breathe.and allow fuel to flow. What i do now is open the float bowl drain screw, let it drain all the way, like a shotglass and then turn the gas valve on or to whatever position you chose and you will see if its flowing, or you can put a clean piece of fuel line on it and see if it blows bubbbles in the various poistions. Also the ON siphon tube is really long, like 3 or 4 inches tall off the bottom of the tank so if your tank gets a little low, it may not get fuel. You can see it with a flashlight or better yet, a mirror in the sun to look into the tank I can only say this because I have around 20 of these honda things and they are all different. got spark?