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Old 05-03-2012, 01:20 PM   #17
riky2stroke
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Re: how do you clear a flooded engine?

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Originally Posted by James116 View Post
Leaving the fuel tap on wouldn't flood the engine as the engine needs to turn over in order to suck fuel into the barrel but due to excessive kicking chances are its now flooded.

Ignition off
Throttle wide open
10kicks

Ignition on
Choke on
Of it starts turn the tickover up and let it idle for 5 mins
if you left the tap on,it could have flooded the engine.
ie,the big end will have fuel in it. that is why its called flooding the enigne.
if the tap is on,& the carb can overflow(transporting the bike in a van would do this),then the fuel will have got past your reedvalve & flooded into the big end.
if you think this could be the case,there is an easy solution.
you need to get the fuel out of there.
if you remove the spark plug,then get one of our mated to help you stand the bike on its head.
if you hold the front brake on & lift the back end in the air has high as you can,then push the kickstart a few times with your hand to turn the engine over. any fuel that is in the big end will spew out of the sparkplug hole.
if no fuel comes out,then your bike is not flooded.
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