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[luis castro]

HI, MY ENGINE FAIL YESTERDAY WHILE RIDING, TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF GASOLINE SHORTAGE, TANK WAS ALMOST FULL, I GO ON RESERVE AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BACK HOME, I REMOVE BOTH HOSES I CAN NOT DRAIN THE TANK SO I CAN DISASSEMBLE AND CHECK WHAT IS GOING ON. PLEASE I NEED SOME ADVICE, THANKS LUIS CASTRO 91 KLR650A5,82 MONTESA 360H7,94 BMW K75,97 SUZ. RF900R __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

[Jim Hyman]

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Luis, It sounds like there is a blockage in the "ON" position of the fuel petcock. To rule out a gas tank venting problem, open the gas cap & see if your KLR runs. Because you are not having a problem with the "reserve" position, I don't think that there is a venting problem. You could manually drain your gas tank by using a 3 foot long hose to siphon out the gas, just be sure to drain the gas from both sides of the gas tank. The following is a reply that I sent to someone else who was having problems getting gas to the carb: There are 2 hoses going from the fuel petcock to the carb. The thicker (horizontal) hose feeds gas into the carb float bowl at the rear of the carb. The second hose is the vacuum accuating line that starts & stops the fuel flow to the carb. There is no 'priming' position on the petcock. To test for proper fuel flow out of the tank, disconnect both rubber lines at the petcock. Hook up some 1/4" fuel line to the horizontal gas feed on the petcock and let the other end sit in a drain container. To test for fuel flow take a 1 foot fuel line & hook it up to the other petcock fitting. When you suck on the end of this second line, this should allow gas to flow out the first hose into the container. Try this in both the 'on' & 'reserve' positions. If gas does not flow out, open your gas cap to vent the tank & try again. If gas flows now, there's a blockage in the gas tank venting system. If gas still doesn't flow, the petcock may be blocked or defective. Removing the petcock from the tank is the way to check for blockage in the petcock or the debris screen. The petcock can be disassembled for cleaning if necessary. Remember that there will be about 1/4 gallon of gas in the right side of the tank when you drain the gas. Enclosed is an exploded view of the petcock. Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Luis wrote: MY ENGINE FAIL YESTERDAY WHILE RIDING, TYPICAL SYMPTOMS OF GASOLINE SHORTAGE, TANK WAS ALMOST FULL, I GO ON RESERVE AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE. BACK HOME, I REMOVE BOTH HOSES I CAN NOT DRAIN THE TANK SO I CAN DISASSEMBLE AND CHECK WHAT IS GOING ON. PLEASE I NEED SOME ADVICE, THANKS LUIS CASTRO

[steve pye]

Thank you to all the listers who took the time to respond to my post. I'm going to follow the collective advice and shop around.Seems like there are a lot of options in this market and the set up I used was definitely not up to par with the pics you folks are posting. Thanks again for the help Steve Pye A7