I have shaped a piece of aluminum to slide under all four carbs and funnel into a jar, works fine and quicker than attaching hoses.
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 10:50 PM Lar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Keith > I put a plastic hose over the end of the *bowel drain at the bottom* of > my carbs, then back out the *screw on the side* of the carb. I picked up > the hose at a lumber store but you could also try a hardware store. After I > drain each carb into a clean jar I can look to see if anything came out. I > then use a coffee filter and a funnel to recycle the fuel back into the > tank. Years ago I had my tank professionally coated inside but over the > storage from late November to April crap seem to happen each year.. Once > the season opener flushing is done, there is no problem the rest of the > time, but still on an off day when I'm checking the battery, tire pressure > and stuff, I'll also drain the bowels to see if anything comes out. When > fuel is stored cold, such as now, it doesn't go bad as fast as the summer. > I'm not sure if "stabil" is the same idea as Seafoam which stabilizes fuel > but also claims to clean the carb inner parts. I don't have the drain hose > inside dia or the vacuum hose size at hand but I can measure them or you > can take the little curved vacuum hose off the side of one carb to the fuel > cut off valve with you and measure the bottom drain piece (make that one > long enough to push onto the drain and down into a jar or something to > catch the fuel. > > > > On Monday, April 3, 2017 at 7:34:16 PM UTC-4, Keith Meier wrote: > > Do you drain the carbs by just backing out the screw on the bottom of each > carb? And would you do that if you are riding for months at a time? I > basically keep stabil in the fuel all the time except maybe middle of > summer riding season. > > Best, > Keith > > 314-807-6005 > > On Apr 3, 2017, at 5:19 PM, Lar Lar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm living in the great white north so each fall I drain the 4 carbs until > spring. Each and every spring one or more carbs leak. This time it took me > hours and hours to stop it all. I put a hose on the vacuum part of the > fuel shut off to suck on that and get the fuel to flow to the carbs without > starting the bike, then drained all 4 carb bowels again and again. Each > time some crud came out. Did that until it came clear, then blew compressed > air (60psi) in where I took the drain plugs all the way out well holding a > finger over the bottom drain hole. After that it fired up and runs like a > scared cat, lol. Happens each year. First tank of fuel gets a good dose of > Seafoam and again later in the season. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/hlSI3PTfgDc/unsubscribe > . > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
