Re: [ST] Flooded?

[Ken Pickett <gnmojo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 17:12:32 -0500, you wrote:

What is described is exactly what happened to my ST once. The really
freaky part is the odd sound that it takes on. He is correct in
stating that it sounds as if you have removed the plugs and it is just
spinning freely. This has happened to some other people as well. The
common denominator in all cases was the bike had been sitting for a
least a couple of weeks. I was lucky in that eventually my bike
refired. I went out about every half hour and let it turn over a few
revolutions and it eventually spit and sputtered back to life.
Everyone else this has happened to, took a trip to the shop.

I believe that the fuel injection lost it's prime. If my bike has been
sitting for long periods of time, I cycle the fuel pump a few times
before I fire it up. I have not had the problem since.

Invisible Dawg
00ST




>I saw this on another forum and thought I'd get this lists input.  Sounds
>bad to me, what to you all think?
>
>Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen
>
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>My 2000 RS has been sitting for about 2 weeks now due to a combination of
>bad weather and me being sick. Anyway, I went out to crank it yesterday just
>to make sure the battery wasn't dead, etc. It spins over about 3 times,
>fires and then sort of hiccups. Now it won't crank at all. The odd thing is
>when it "hiccupped" the engine took on a completely different sound when
>turning over; almost like it would sound if you took one or two spark plugs
>out and spun it over with the starter (that's the best description I can
>give). I figure it must've backfired through the throttle bodies and goofed
>it all up. I'm pretty sure it's flooded as well. I checked on it this
>morning and I could smell gas. I'm going to buy some new spark plugs this
>afternoon and try to get it running again. I was wondering, is it ok to spin
>the starter over without grounding the plug wires out? Also, are there any
>other secrets for un-flooding a fuel injected bike? Last question...has
>anyone had anything similar that wasn't just a simple flooding?
>>>
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