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[Nixy]

Hi Jeff well best laid plans and all that ,had all the young grandkids over for the night x4 and a female jack Russell for me dog to run his eye over,and oh the risks that shedites take, dig the zigzag bike icon

[BrettS]

My rebuilt old set flooded after they ran dry, my newer rebuilt set flooded after they ran dry. As long as I don't run out of fuel all is good in the world.
Could be they just need the fuel to run through and lube everything up after sitting for a while.
If they flood again, persist for a bit running the engine for a while and see if they settle.

[excess.11]

Which brings to mind a recent occurence of a friend of a friend...who was dealing with a back yard flea infestation by liberally spraying fuel from a backpack .....as you do ( gee willikers...i sure wish our emoticons were working....i could use a few poppy eyed and raised eyebrow ones).
All was going swimmingly well ....until.....the nicely misted petrol and the pilot light of the central heating unit came in contact with each other.
Many months in intensive care and burns ward was the result.
Not sure if the fleas are back tho....

[excess.11]

Hmmmmm....."cutting wood to heat the shed to solve a fuel problem"
What could possibly go wrong !
If you skype...i d love to pull up a chair and watch this go down....or maybe up...hahaha.
Ohhh....by the way...welcome Nixy

[Nixy]

Cheers Tim ,heaps to read and look at cold and wet here cutting wood to heat the shed for tonights fuel problem exercise

[Tim]

Welcome to the home of the XS Nixy
as you have discovered already the is a wealth of help available all you have to do is call out
Tim

[Nixy]

Thanks Steptoe ,on it,watch this space

[steptoe]

when you pull carbs off again, take the floats off and wiggle them beside your ear to see if they have fuel in them, the solder leaks every now and then and the extra wieght holds the float needles open,
the other thing to check whilst floats are off will be the the seat of the needle, is it rubber {could be perished} or metal ? and make sure the small spring is still functional
may also partly be diaphragm rubbers in the taps, take the vaccuum line off at the intake manifold and see if you can feel it moving when you suck on it

[Nixy]

Hi Steptoe again (I already replied and sent it somewhere ,I think ,I'm new to this sort of thing)I live in ballan Vic and have got some great ride circuits around here highways and hills.I was the last to have the carbines out only cleaned and blown floats had fuel varnish on em, don't have the octopus thing but understand what you mean my manual is for xj900 but very similar round that area I will get an xs version,till now i didn't know I lived in Oceania and its 3x1 ooo827

[steptoe]

gday David, welcome aboard mate,,
first things,, where are you,  town, city, area
how long has it been sitting or flooding
were you the last person to have the carbs apart,
fairly simple to work on but they have to be spot on in so many differing areas

with the fuel, has it still got the fuel octypuss under the tank, may well be the diapragm in that, if not float needles

[Nixy]

Hi Jonesy.  Cheers for the tap info I'll try it tonight, I've got on Oceania country model diamond silver,got a headlight fairing looks after market but handy,and non original taillight .   Sx1.  OOO827

[Jonesy :-)]

welcome aboard nixy, between ebay and this forum you should get all the parts and info you'll ever need to get the old junker purring and able to park without leaving puddles. what model is it? and have you looked at the taps as part of the leaking problem?

[Nixy]

Hi I got my xs for my 50th and its been a marvelous machine powerful ,comfy seat  ,good range ,lots of comments,I got an Elec problem so it sat for 6 months while I worked on a rat chop xj900, now rego time has come around so out with the manual fixed the Elec prob now the carbies pour out through the air box ,took off carbies ,cleaned , now they pour out less,3 phone calls got " to old" "can't get parts" " don't work on junkers"(junkers ? I was mortified) the wife said try a club for clues ,so this morning I spoke with scarfy and tadaa I'm hooked and flat out reading    cheers   Nixy