breakdown diagnosis (nklr)

[Bogdan Swider]

> > > Posting Under the Influence again, Mr Swider? And this isn't the first > time, is it? I'm afraid that means a night in mailing list jail for you. > You'll be forced to discuss oil, tires and Cobra exhausts all evening with > a > newbie named Bubba...and don't even think of adding to that 'Gino was > here' > graffiti on the wall... > > Rich > > > Yeah, this isn't my first PUI. I should change my ways; I could loose my > liscense to post. Bogdan >

[Bogdan Swider]

> I'm so not a carb guru but I thought the breather also functions as an > overflow tube from the float bowl, in the rare event it overflows as a > preference to raw fuel running into the engine. That's why it was > directed > downwards in the first place? > > Rich > > As I think of the gas smell that I experience when side of bike meets > ground I believe you nailed it Rich. But wait !! Could the gas be coming > from the gas tank vent as must happen when I smell gas after I overfill ?? > Both ? Hard to tell as the hoses end up in the same spot. Bogdan > >

[standerson@home.com]

> I'm so not a carb guru but I thought the breather also functions as

an

> overflow tube from the float bowl, in the rare event it overflows

as a

> preference to raw fuel running into the engine. That's why it was

directed

> downwards in the first place? > > Rich

You should see what happens when a peice of junk gets in the float valve. Aside from the bike not running at all below about 2.5Krpm, it pisses fuel from the vent tube like a drunk cowboy. I'm not sure which is worse though - pissing fuel on a hot engine or on a rear tire...

[thesquasher@hotmail.com]

Are you really for real???? A woman (Jennifer) who works on her motorcycle in her bedroom and is a model for Play...I mean Penny's? If they clone you I want one.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., jenJBphun@c... wrote: > You are right and that is why I never let moisture build up in my connections > before using dielectric grease. The same principal applies to priming steel > - do it as fast as you can after sandblasting. It helps to do this work > inside your bedroom with the furnace or air conditioner running, instead of > outside. Less humidity. -Jennifer