Mine wouldn't start on two cylinders, when I got it the carbs were all
gummed up. Once running maybe.

On Aug 26, 2:50 pm, Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
>
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