Ok thanks I am going to plug it up and drain it on occasion. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote:
> That hose should have a plug in the bottom of it and now and then you > should remove the plug to drain gunk (oil, blow by gases and water > vapor/condensation) from the engine that goes from an outlet in the cam > cover to the air box. > > On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:45 PM, Ryan morrow wrote: > > I re clean the crabs and checked the patcock it is running better now. I > just need to adjust the idle. I have a new question. I notes when I got it > in the garage that a black hoes that is coming from the bottom of the air > box is leaking some gas. Is it leftover from the first issue or is it a new > one? > Thanks for helping > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Allen Thomas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Clean out the petcock too. Make sure the fuel line isn't pinched, and that >> gas flows freely through any inline filter if there is one on it. >> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> Sender: [email protected] >> Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2011 04:37:13 >> To: <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] HELP THE NIGHTHAWK PLEASE >> >> Carbs must be surgical clean.... Make shure every jet, port and passage >> flows well when putting cleaner through...... The carbs are the heart of the >> bike >> -----Original Message----- >> Date: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 1:08:55 am >> To: [email protected] >> From: "Ryan morrow" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] HELP THE NIGHTHAWK PLEASE >> >> I was afraid that I was going to have to re clean the carbs. I will look >> at >> the diaphragms closer. Thank you for the suggestions. >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Hate to say it but may need to clean the carbs again. Also check the >> > diaphragms in the carbs by pushing them up and look and listen to how >> they >> > respond. Do they all return at the same rate with a similiar 'whoosh' >> > sound? Are the enrichners (choke) closing properly. Let it run for a >> while >> > with the throttle open a little and then check the spark plugs. Are >> they >> > fouled (getting too much gas) or white (being starved of gas)? >> > >> > >> > On Jun 7, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Ryan morrow wrote: >> > >> > I have a 1985 Honda Nighthawk cb700s that stopped running. It started >> >> to ride really choppy then when I put in the parking lot it just died. >> >> I checked for a spark which looked ok and the compression looked ok to >> >> me ( I do not have a compression tool, I checked by feeling air >> >> shooting out of the spark plug hole), it was cranking like it wanted >> >> to start but when I finally got it home it didn't even crank. The next >> >> day it started to crank again. I was smelling a lot of gas so I >> >> checked the air box and it had gas in it. I drained the gas from the >> >> air box and tried to start it again and the gas come back in the air >> >> box. I replaced the petcock gaskets almost a year ago and got a new >> >> battery 2 months ago. Yesterday I drained all of the gas from the bike >> >> and put 1gul in the tank and it started up but won?t idle correctly. >> >> >> >> Today a cleaned the crabs and recheck the fuel line and fuel filter. I >> >> started it up and idle ok but on a fast rav it tries to stall and on a >> >> slow rav it is ok. I tested the batter way the bike was off it tested >> >> at 12.5 V and tested it when I was raving it tested at 14.5V. >> >> I had Sportland tested the regulator/rectifier and it tested good. So >> >> I don?t thank the problem is the crabs or the alternator or the >> >> regulator/rectifier. 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