do you have someone hiding in the oil pan??? is the bubbling/gurgling maybe more of a grinding with the starter gears???
did you have gas in the oil??? if so then the flooding is compounded by bad rings/cracked piston...maybe fluid locked the motor and cracked something??? that could explain a bubbling....what do/did the spark plugs look like? On Apr 20, 9:49 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: > ... and you've got enough of us baffled by it that we want to know > the outcome... > > On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:11 AM, JP wrote: > > > > > Hmm, yeah. Thanks for the ideas guys. Dale, I haven't tried leaving > > the drains open - not a bad idea at all, if only to see what the heck > > is happening. > > > Vacuum hose seems dry, and no matter how much I shake or toss the tank > > with the petcock set to "ON" it doesn't seem to leak a bit. Which is a > > relief.. however, I'm going to take another look at the valve. Maybe > > there isn't enough gas in it to cause the flooding, it's possible that > > a really full tank caused so much pressure from gravity that it pushed > > through anyway. > > > Also - let the oil/gas drain from the crankcase for days, drained & > > opened up carbs, cleaned everything up, reassembled & readded oil.. > > turned over the engine without the fuel tank attached and I heard the > > bubbling noise again!! That is very troubling! There should only be > > oil in there at this point, and it shouldn't cause a gurgling noise.. > > should it? Hmm.. > > > Still determined to figure this out.. I bought this bike to learn how > > to wrench.. and darn it i will fix this.. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/ > > group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
