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HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:48 pm
by rover220
hi guys.

have had the carbs off and completely drained/cleaned etcetc. have refitted today with new fuel filter (bigger than oe one...is that a problem?)

i dont seem to be getting much fuel into the filter, when cranking i get the odd burst and the filter fills some of the way then dissappears. i guess this means the carb bowls are filling slowly?? how long/how much cranking is required to get th system full/ primed???

any tips appreciated.

ta

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:10 am
by RedexRobB
Mine took ages from empty, and i was using a car battery!

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:44 pm
by parby81
quite a while, you gotta fill four float bowls remember and the pipe work from the pump up to the carbs

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:41 pm
by rover220
she lives. ran lumpy as for a while but seems to have evened out now.

jsut need to fit tank and panels and i can give it a test!

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:18 pm
by RedexRobB
dont forget the redex :smt003

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:29 pm
by rover220
lol. sure i have some somewhere

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:02 pm
by RedexRobB
good boy!

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:18 pm
by tomzxr400
it always takes ages to start from dry i always start it with the air box off (and the tank turned round and bolted to the rear frame) then squirt a bit of easy start in each carb and it fires up instantly saves the battery from draining

Re: HELP please!! carb/fuel issue

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 7:35 am
by rover220
yeah, i had the tank mounted on the rear frame.