| Author | Message | ||
     Bzband |
This is only my 2nd post so please correct me if I'm in the wrong spot. I'm new to this site and my 2002 M2 which I love. I made the mistake of running it out of gas and switched to reserve but had to run rich (choked up) to get it home, coughing, sputtering, and laying down over 4 rpm. Since I'm the new owner I assumed I sucked some tank residue into the carb under reserve. Not knowing it's history I figured a good cleaning wouldn't hurt so I currently have the carb off and am planning to tear it down for cleaning, including the petcock, tank interior, etc. I read that some ECM problems or other electrical issues can occur under a no gas situation but I'm clueless about the electronics at this point. Any tips, clues, or advice would really be appreciated while I'm in the wrenching mode, Thanks! | ||
| Guell |
clean out carb and petcock, good to go. Its the fi buells that have issues when running out of gas. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Your petcock is a valve connected to two straws. A long straw (normal position) and a short straw (reserve position). Both straws are inside a screen. Chances are, you have some muck on the screen, or in the short straw. | ||
| Bzband |
Thanks for the quick replies, any suggestions on a good way to clean out the tank like products or solvents? thanks again | ||
| Henshao |
Run a can of Seafoam through her before every oil change, the heavy detergents help to keep things clean up in there. | ||
| Dave_02_1200 |
I recently removed the tank from my 2002 M2 and drained the fuel. Then I blew air into the tank through the petcock to clean the screen. I did that on Run and Reserve to clear the passages on the petcock. I used a MityVac to suck out the last bit of fuel so it was completely empty. When it was dry inside I looked with a small flashlight and a mirror and saw a lot of dust and grit on the bottom. I used a damp paper towel on a flexible pick-up tool to get the dirt out. Now I can see that the only reason I havn't had carb problems from the dirt is that I use an in-line fuel filter to keep the dirt out of the carb. Based on that I recommend that you take off your tank and clean out the grit and get an in-line fuel filter. That way your recently cleaned carb carb will stay that way. |
