Maybe some dirt left behind in the carbs or is the fuel fresh and you never said if you use an inline fuel filter. It makes a big difference. Treat the lady to some fresh non ethanol fuel.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:09 PM Holger Selover-Stephan < [email protected]> wrote: > Yikes, Arthur, did you slaughter a pig or what? I don't think my tank is > rusted, but it's possible. The petcock sump is clear, and all 4 cylinders > are firing. And I think I can rule out the 5 gal container as source of > contamination after realizing I had used it for the 650 as well, and that > one has no carb issues. > > Mine is a bit of a cantankerous old lady it seems: today she's idling > alright even after pulling the choke. Took her for a spin, and she's > running fine. Yesterday she died three times during my commute to work, > sputtered and coughed during acceleration and died immediately when easing > up on the choke. Today I grudgingly took the car into work, and she decides > to better snap into shape, lest she be left at home again tomorrow. The > carbs do need balancing, I'll do that next. But I have no idea what's > really going on with Mademoiselle. > > Holger > > On Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7:47:34 AM UTC-8, Arthur R (Bob) Sheller > wrote: >> >> That's true, is the tank rusted? If so you need to run a filter. I found >> that out the hard way. My petcock bowl was packed with rust. This is how >> much came out of the bowl! > > -- > 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.
