KROGOTH
Active Member
My bike was shutting down whenever it warmed up, say two to 5 minutes into the ride. It would stay on with the throttle open but shout down when I let go and never restart. Then the following day it fired up normally, that is when it got cold. So we cleaned out the fuel lines and thought all was well. It stayed on for more than 15 minutes this time. Well the following happened..
Ok it started all over again. Especially if I ride the bike hard that is 5 to 10 minutes
at high throttle. It would start to pop on the down shift and then eventually shutdown and not restart
We took the carb apart and it was clean. We checked plug sparks, no problems.
Tried to start and when we took plugs out again they were dry. My mechanic said they should be wet. We started tracing fuel lines and eventually noticed the equalizing line dry. We disconnected the bottom of the carb and nothing came out. We tapped the housing and then fuel came out. The float was stuck. Then it overflowed, so it got stuck
in the fill position. We determined that when the carb heated up the float was sticking and thus starving the engine with no fuel. That was why when it was cold it worked ok. Anyone ever have this issue???? I am using a Big AIR PSI. What is the fix? Thanks!
Ok it started all over again. Especially if I ride the bike hard that is 5 to 10 minutes
at high throttle. It would start to pop on the down shift and then eventually shutdown and not restart
We took the carb apart and it was clean. We checked plug sparks, no problems.
Tried to start and when we took plugs out again they were dry. My mechanic said they should be wet. We started tracing fuel lines and eventually noticed the equalizing line dry. We disconnected the bottom of the carb and nothing came out. We tapped the housing and then fuel came out. The float was stuck. Then it overflowed, so it got stuck
in the fill position. We determined that when the carb heated up the float was sticking and thus starving the engine with no fuel. That was why when it was cold it worked ok. Anyone ever have this issue???? I am using a Big AIR PSI. What is the fix? Thanks!
