The flooding was why I asked about his fuel mileage, but if his speedometer cable is broken I guess he really can't tell.
By this point, I think we're all hunting the same prey, a diaphragm/vacuum leak that's causing too much gas in at least one of the cylinders. On a weird, slightly tangential topic to this... will the various 4-can engines run on just two cylinders once they're warmed up? I know my VWs will, as long as they are the correct cylinder pair. -Kurt On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 2:20 PM, sfox618 <[email protected]> wrote: > Turning the throttle all the way is what I do when you flood your > carburetors - worked for my 72 VW and my 96 Nighthawk. Sounds like a > gas leak into your carbs that causes them to be flooded. This could > also cause the gas smell. > > Sean > > On Aug 25, 3:46 pm, Javier Garcia <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> today I took off to work as usual. The NH 750 started right away, like every >> day. After ~15 highway miles I got to work and in the parking lot I start >> having less power and sort of hesitation at low speed and low rpm. I thought >> I was out of gas, switched to reserve and parked. After work it took me a >> couple of tries to start it, and the problem persisted. I filled out the >> tank, and the same. It seems to be more difficult to start it every time >> during now. I don't feel any problems while going fast, or even at high >> rpms. Probably above 3k rpm is fine, and the ideling is fine too. It does >> smells a lot to gasoline. >> Where should I start looking in? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Javier. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
