the floats are plastic and so they can't be adjusted. It it's the carbs then it's just going to take more work
On Jul 27, 2012, at 12:36 AM, surfswab wrote: > Sorry, but I'm thinkin' carbs, too. Specially the float valves. Not > the floats themselves, but the valves (the little rubber-tipped brass > pieces they control). Sounds like they are not seating properly, so > not shutting off like they're supposed to when there's enuf fuel in > the float bowl. > > Also, have you drained the crankcase vent tube of bypass gas and > moisture and made sure there's no residual in the airbox? > > > > On Jul 26, 10:29 pm, Graham Rogers <[email protected]> wrote: >> I was afraid someone would send me back to the carbs! Graham >> >> On Jul 26, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Allen Thomas wrote: >> >> >> >>> Floats stuck open? Did you put them in the right direction? Did you set the >>> fuel screws to a common value between all carbs. Sometimes people turn out >>> the screws to compensate for clogged jets. Stuck enrichening plungers? Try >>> starting it with the throttle opened to dry it out. >>> Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Graham Rogers <[email protected]> >>> Sender: [email protected] >>> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:14:58 >>> To: Nighthawk Lovers<[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] CB550SC Nighthawk flooding >> >>> Here's one that's got me scratching my head. I just started work on a 550 >>> Nighthawk. I cleaned the carbs before trying to run it although the PO had >>> it running and I was there with him. Now with the carbs back on it runs on >>> 1 and 4 but #'s 2 & 3 are just flooding. The gas is going straight out the >>> mufflers. Seems to have good spark on all 4. The carbs were relatively >>> clean before I cleaned them. Compression is excellent. Bike has only done >>> 11k miles. I have the tank off and am running it through a funnel and hose >>> so it can't be the pet cock. Any suggestions? Graham >> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> 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. > -- 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.
