bike idles but floods and dies

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

Minimum grade that doesn't knock. In my case 87. I don't care for Ethel it attracts water and can cause rust in your tank and cylinder if you leave you bike sit for a while. Kerry

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hayduke.klr07" wrote: > > what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good > for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded? >

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

Minimum grade that doesn't knock. In my case 87. I don't care for Ethel it attracts water and can cause rust in your tank and cylinder if you leave you bike sit for a while. Kerry

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hayduke.klr07" wrote: > > what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good > for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded? >

[hayduke.klr07]

what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded?

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

Minimum grade that doesn't knock. In my case 87. I don't care for Ethel it attracts water and can cause rust in your tank and cylinder if you leave you bike sit for a while. Kerry

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hayduke.klr07" wrote: > > what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good > for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded? >

[Jim Priest]

On 3/28/07, Kerry Stottlemyer wrote:

> Minimum grade that doesn't knock. In my case 87. I don't care for Ethel it attracts water and > can cause rust in your tank and cylinder if you leave you bike sit for a while.

I've always run 87. Always get over 50mpg and no knock so I'm happy... Jim

[hayduke.klr07]

what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded?

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

Minimum grade that doesn't knock. In my case 87. I don't care for Ethel it attracts water and can cause rust in your tank and cylinder if you leave you bike sit for a while. Kerry

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hayduke.klr07" wrote: > > what grade of fuel do you buy? what do you think of ethanol. good > for? bad for? premium? or just unleaded? >

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Kevin Angus" wrote:

> > The flooding I speak of is black smoke, way rich running, if you back off > the gas the engine starts to idle and clears up. It acts like the timing > does not advance or there is hi-voltage breakdown in the coil, as the RPM > increases the coil shorts out internally. This effect happened on my old > carb and my new one, all the gas lines are new, the fuel filter has been > removed, the tank has been replaced with a small plastic tank for testing. > The valve clearance shims were adjusted. > > Not an easy problem. > > > _____

Not easy indeed. It could be fuel-related, but it could also be a symptom of a fault in the charging system and a discharged batery. Putting a meter on the battery at rest and with the motor running should give you a quick read, and at least rule out electrics if they are not the problem.