• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

Sticky float?

  • Thread starter Thread starter spots25
  • Start date Start date
S

spots25

Guest
I think I have a sticky float, and its not of the rootbeer variety. When i'm all up cruising at highway speeds, sometimes it starts cutting out. Feels like it does when I'm running on empty, although the gas tank is full. Then, just as quickly as the problem started, it completely goes away. I'm thinking I have a sticky float. Sometimes it gets stuck and starves me of gas, sometimes it isn't stuck and my bike operates flawlessly. However, it is a little odd because the spark plugs don't look like I was running lean.

Anyways, lets say a person wants to rip apart their carb. Are the gaskets in the carb a one time use, or are they of the re-useable variety?
 
When you run in to this condition, do you lose all power in the bike or is it just weak? I'm thinking that if you have a sticky float, you would lose only the cylinder with they sticky float. You have a twin, so losing one cylinder is a big deal. Your bike may not even idle with the one cylinder down. But if you open the throttle up it should at least idle on one cylinder. Is that the case?

If you are losing *all* power in the bike, you may have a different problem. Is your loss of power connected to any certain length of ride time or any certain throttle position? Is it only when you've had the throttle 3/4 or more open for a bit?

And the gaskets in the carbs are not necessarily a one-time-use thing but it's pretty tough to get them off without breaking them.

Michael
 
My gaskets have gone through 2 cleanings. They were brittle, so I replaced them the third time. You can find rebuild kits online, with gaskets, rubber, float valves and stuff for about 7-12 $$ iirc.
 
Its just weak. It feels like it would if it were running on 1 cylinder, and then every couple seconds it feels like the other one kicks in. If I pulled in the clutch and let off the throttle, the engine dies. But if I give it some gas and pull on the throttle, it stays alive, but barely
 
fyi, the rebuild kits I got did NOT have new floats, only needles and seats. While working on it, you may want to check the integrity of the float itself by setting it in gas for a while, to see if any leaks inside the float. I doubt it, based on the fact that it goes away after a while, but you never know, and it's easy to do while rebuilding the carbs.
 
I had the same problem. In very hot weather the float in my left carb would get hung up and prevent the float needle valve from opening (when I removed the bowl there was no fuel in it). It turned out that when the bike got hot the bowl gasket and float would expand just enough to touch.
The next time it happens to you, immediately open the drain plug on the carb and see how much fuel comes out. You should get an amount nearly corresponding to a full float bowl. If you just get a tiny bit then you'll know that you have the problem I had.
 
yeah, I threw some seafoam in the gas tank, i'm hoping that'll solve the problem. If not, oh well, its worth a try. I think its worth it to replace the floats whenever you rebuild a carb anyway. Anybody know where I can get carb kits/floats for my GS400?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top