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Willisdunn
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 04:43 am: | 
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I have a 2008 Buell Blast...it was running fine about 3 months ago. Went to fire it up today and it wont start. It will just turn over. I drained that gas and put new gas in it. It sounds like it wants to start, like I can get one little split second fire then its just back to the normal start up sounds. After doing some research I have read that there is a chance that I could be the carb boot...but that looks like it is fine..unless it would be something other than dryness or cracking than i'm looking for! Any help would be appreciated!! |
Andersonhdj
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 05:41 am: |
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You may have drained the Gas but did you drain the old gas from the carb? I unfortunately don't know exactly what the carb looks like but there's usually a drain screw on the bottom of the floatbowl that one can unscrew a couple of turns to drain the bowl.
I used to sell imported scooters and would battle for quite a time to start them, for PDI, until it dawned on me the fuel in the carb could be months old. Quick drain with a tube into a bowl, allow fresh fuel into the carb, by just allowing it to run through, basically flushing the fuel system, and they would fire up almost immediately. |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - 11:34 pm: |
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Willis,
They can be a bit finicky. Make sure the spark plug is clean, makes a big difference.
I'll bet yours is fouled. |
Buell_bert
| | Posted on Thursday, April 04, 2013 - 10:22 pm: |
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Yeah I would go with the fresh gas to get that out of the picture but I have had plugs go bad on my M2's so it only runs on 1 cylinder. Usually the rear, but I use NGK's normally but have since used the newer Harley plugs lately to see if it helps with fouling. |
Andersonhdj
| | Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 - 04:29 am: |
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Fouled plugs can be a real problem , especially when the plugs you have are basically brand new, I've had this occur before at idle where the slow running mixture was completely out of whack.
New plugs would become fouled within minutes.
The cause was usually a worn needle and nozzle combo allowing fuel to bleed through from the main jet into the venturi thereby bypassing the slow running (Idle)circuit completely making the mix over rich.
In the old days it was common place ,here anyway, to clean the plugs in a "Plug blaster" which our auto shop used to have.
I still do it when the plugs are relatively new and unworn, of course , it goes without saying, that it is essential to make sure the plug is absolutely free of any blasting medium before placing back into service.
Also a drop of oil or some antisieze on the threads is also a good plot. |
Buell_bert
| | Posted on Friday, April 05, 2013 - 09:22 pm: |
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I ALLWAYS use a neversieze compound on the plug threads. The copper type may give a slightly better ground than the silver. |
Bluzm2
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 12:02 am: |
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The copper is usually used for stainless steel. The regular silver type is fine for plugs/aluminum. |
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