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Fuel intake issue?
So. Today I tried to tackle my problem with the bike not starting.
Tried to start her a few times but nothing. She turns over fine but no combustion.
so i took off a plug and it was completely dry!
..so were the other 3. I took off my fuel line and when i turned
the petcock on Prime - nothing. Now i did a bit of reading and my 3 option petcock (reserve, prime, on) is supposed to be a vacuum one, right? Meaning it has an extra vacuum hose coming into the petcock and basically it requires air to pump out the fuel from the tank. So i figured it wasn't getting air. I opened up my tank's cap and what do you know - we have flow (rhyme unintentional). So i just took off the tank's overflow/breather hose since i figured the lock mechanism it has (with a small ball inside) must be broken or something.
Put the cap back on and fuel continued to poor when in prime. Small success. Then i set it on On and tried to start her but not a drop came..
When i reconnected the fuel hose and set it on prime - nothing. I mean even without cranking there should still be fuel pouring from the... Err... 'overflow hoses' or what not, right?
Any thoughts to what my next step is analyzing this issue?
Feel free to ask stuff for i'm not sure i was very clear. Also, all sorts of education on the hoses and vacuum system is greatly appreciated and welcome, if anyone is bored enough at work or something.
cheers
So. Today I tried to tackle my problem with the bike not starting.
Tried to start her a few times but nothing. She turns over fine but no combustion.
so i took off a plug and it was completely dry!
..so were the other 3. I took off my fuel line and when i turned
the petcock on Prime - nothing. Now i did a bit of reading and my 3 option petcock (reserve, prime, on) is supposed to be a vacuum one, right? Meaning it has an extra vacuum hose coming into the petcock and basically it requires air to pump out the fuel from the tank. So i figured it wasn't getting air. I opened up my tank's cap and what do you know - we have flow (rhyme unintentional). So i just took off the tank's overflow/breather hose since i figured the lock mechanism it has (with a small ball inside) must be broken or something.
Put the cap back on and fuel continued to poor when in prime. Small success. Then i set it on On and tried to start her but not a drop came..
When i reconnected the fuel hose and set it on prime - nothing. I mean even without cranking there should still be fuel pouring from the... Err... 'overflow hoses' or what not, right?
Any thoughts to what my next step is analyzing this issue?
Feel free to ask stuff for i'm not sure i was very clear. Also, all sorts of education on the hoses and vacuum system is greatly appreciated and welcome, if anyone is bored enough at work or something.
cheers