Re: [ST] let off gas and idle plummets

[brd <brd@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 11:56:02AM -0400, Eric Sheley wrote:
> At 10:35 AM 6/29/01 -0500, brd wrote:
> >After work, hours later, I get on the bike and start it up and I'm
> >talking to a coworker as he walks out and the bike dies.  I start it up
> >again okay, but it idles really low--extremely low, like maybe 500rpm or
> 
> First thing I would try (when and if it happens again), is to turn off the 
> bike, open the tank fill cap, close the cap and try and restart. If it 
> works fine from that point on for the rest of the ride, you probably have 
> one of the check valves upside down (this happened on a few 99s). This 
> would lead to a vacuum condition in the tank which usually only shows 
> itself once the temperature warms up and you ride, stop and then restart 
> very soon after.

If I have similar problems after refueling, I'll keep this in mind.  

Thanks,
Brian
'99 ST (black)
Dallas, TX

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