Like it. Very good application of Boyle's Law. Thanks.
On 26 June 2018 at 10:10, mark weisenfeld <[email protected]> wrote: > FYI, for diagnostic confirmation, you can actually see what level the floats > are regulating bowl gas levels at. (Or not regulating). > Use a full, or mostly full tank. > Have the bike level, on center stand or equivalent. > Connect the following to one or more carbs: > > tube to the float bowl drain nipple. > some sort of clear tube or glass connected to that. > > Hold the glass next to the carb so the level of the fuel will come to the > middle of the glass. > Open up the drain valve in order to fill the tube and register on the glass > outside of the float bowl. > The float should stop the flow of gas at a point even with or just below the > float bowl seal. The gas will find level inside and outside the bowl, and > you can watch it. > > It will either stop and remain even at the right level, or it will keep on > flowing up over the top and start running out. It may also never completely > fill, though that is rare. > Compare the levels of gas in all the float bowls. > > My point is this. You can actually see the function and adjustment of each > float/valve etc with yer own eyes. > > Using this technique I was able to diagnose a bad float that would allow the > levels to rise too high, then stop, making one carb way too rich, and only > sometimes overflow. I replaced that one float, because the others were > performing properly according to my test. It is still running well today. > > After that you'll KNOW that you need to pull the carbs and clean them, and > you'll know which one is the offender. But don't be in a hurry to separate > the carbs from the rail, from each other. Just be prepared to order a float, > some bowl gaskets and maybe some 'o' rings. Give each one a good cleaning. > > NEVER poke something into the jets to clean them. > Make sure your smallest jet, the idle jet, is clean. > > Soon you'll be giving advice on this forum too. > > > > On Thursday, May 24, 2018 at 4:42:24 PM UTC-7, Fitz wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> So for the past week my bike hard to start, seems to loose power and will >> even sputter out, and now it’s leaking gas. Up until a week ago it’s been >> running spectacularly with out any kind of issue. >> >> Thoughts? > > -- > 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.
