June 16th, 2009, 08:49 PM | #1 |
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2007 250 Won't Start
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2007 250 Ninja 560 Miles Just today I have the following problem:
Then I placed the Fuel on RESERVE, and the bike runs with no problems at all.. Any ideas on what's going on? Thank you! |
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June 16th, 2009, 08:54 PM | #2 |
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sounds like you need more fuel in the tank!
also, how old is the gas in the tank? if it's old, I'd drain it first before trying to run it through the bike. fill with fresh gas. did you just buy the bike and starting it for the first time? did it run fine prior to this or ???? need some background before we can help you on what's possibly wrong. |
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June 16th, 2009, 08:56 PM | #3 |
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Bought the bike last Tuesday, we filled it up before we drove it home (about a 50 mile ride)... since then I filled up the tank again on Saturday.. it's been running fine until today. Yesterday I changed the Oil & Oil Filter.. (should've probably included this in my first post, my bad!!!)
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June 16th, 2009, 08:59 PM | #4 |
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how many miles did you put on the bike from the time you filled gas till now?
did you fill the oil to the proper level in the sight glass with the bike vertical and not on it's side stand? |
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June 16th, 2009, 09:02 PM | #5 |
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June 16th, 2009, 09:08 PM | #6 |
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Bought the bike with 228 Miles on it.. about 100 miles (probably a little under that) since the last fillup.
Yep -- oil was filled to proper level with the bike on the center stand.. |
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June 16th, 2009, 09:11 PM | #7 | ||
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June 16th, 2009, 09:14 PM | #8 |
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actually mveezy, the oil should be filled to the proper level when the bike has both tires on the ground but stood upright. On the center stand, you won't get the proper reading.
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June 16th, 2009, 09:23 PM | #9 | |
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I will also drain the gas and rock some seafoam and see if that does anything.... |
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June 16th, 2009, 11:21 PM | #10 | |
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Though it may not be the cause of your problem, I agree with Nemy that you should clean out the old fuel and start fresh. Seafoam is a good product to help break down any spooge you may have left over from the old fuel. |
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June 17th, 2009, 09:34 AM | #11 |
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I've been manually filling it to the top of the tank...
I'm going to drain fuel, check fuel valves and run some seafoam through it tonight.. will update you guys on results soon as I can.. Thank you all for your input and help thus far! |
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June 17th, 2009, 11:52 AM | #12 |
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to drain the tank, you'll need to disconnect the fuel line from the carbs and put the end of the tube into a gas container.
at the petcock, turn it to "reserve" and disconnect the rubber vacuum hose to the back of the petcock. attach another hose to the back of the petcock and gently suck on the hose till gas starts pouring out of the gas line into the container. if you don't apply vacuum to the back of the petcock, gas does not flow. |
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June 17th, 2009, 05:22 PM | #13 |
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Throw in some SeaFoam into the gas tank. That'll get things right, too.
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June 19th, 2009, 04:51 PM | #14 |
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Finally got around to this last night...
Emptied the gas tank out completely, took the putcock off inspected for blockage, and then just ran some gas through the tank to wash anything stuck in there out.. had some crap come out.. Put everything back together... Filled with a little gas and attempted to start.. started up, but died right away. Was a bit too tired to go on so I picked up this afternoon.. Filled the tank with about 2 gallons of gas and threw some SeaFoam in. Started the bike up and let it sit for about 10 minutes.... bike didn't die so I was surprised. I took it for about a 30 minute ride and no issues. Hopefully I'm all set now.. but only more riding will tell. Thank you everyone for all of your help! |
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June 19th, 2009, 08:43 PM | #15 | |
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June 21st, 2009, 04:54 PM | #16 |
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Well.. just finished the tank of gas that I filled in after the cleanup and all... filled er up to the top again... so far so good!!!
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June 28th, 2009, 06:24 PM | #17 |
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