Hey - thank you all. Tried both the mallet to the carb bowls as well as shutting off and restarting. Let’s give it a few hours to soak in the fuel - hopefully the shrinkage is the culprit. Will update later today/tomorrow. Sincerely, Jenya
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 18, 2018, at 11:00 AM, EGrider <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the carbs are completely dry for a while, the seals will shrink and leak a > bit. This may go away as the o-rings naturally "rehydrate" with fresh gas. > Allen told me this a few years ago when I experienced this problem and he was > right. This year I'm starting them up every week or two and all is well. It's > also reminded me how fast gas evaporates from a "closed" gas tank, as now I'm > checking. > > -- > 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.
