29-06-22, 11:01 PM
Hi all, long time lurker. Just thought I would say hello and show you some dirty photos :lol
I went to start the old girl up the other week as last time she wasn't to happy so I put this down to old fuel in the tank, not used it in a year but had a few starts and left running. Put some new petrol in the tank and long story short petrol was leaking down the stand. Would only run on 3 briefly if you tried to start with a bit of throttle.
So I managed to get the carbs off today as I reckon one of the floats is stuck. First thing I found was one of the breather/fuel return pipes on underside of the tank is blocked with crusty rubbish...also a bit in the hose. Other side is clear. Then when moving the air box back there was still some petrol in there and the K&N filter stunk of petrol. So got that out and give that a clean as well.
Getting the carbs off was "fun" but got there in the end, I think putting them back might be more tricky. Anyway as I had been breathing in petrol fumes all afternoon I just had a quick look at two of the carbs....well gunked up and float was stuck on drivers side. Nearside float moved but was sticky. Looks to be long overdue a good clean looking at the state of the internals.
I put a few photos up so you can see.
Just wondering who you use for spares? Dealers... can be expensive. Just found Yamparts and Wemoto after aquick google, good prices but not OEM bits generally.
The dirty photos :lol
![[Image: UoViEe2.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/UoViEe2.jpg)
![[Image: Amx7SZf.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/Amx7SZf.jpg)
![[Image: 7mW6YEW.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/7mW6YEW.jpg)
I went to start the old girl up the other week as last time she wasn't to happy so I put this down to old fuel in the tank, not used it in a year but had a few starts and left running. Put some new petrol in the tank and long story short petrol was leaking down the stand. Would only run on 3 briefly if you tried to start with a bit of throttle.
So I managed to get the carbs off today as I reckon one of the floats is stuck. First thing I found was one of the breather/fuel return pipes on underside of the tank is blocked with crusty rubbish...also a bit in the hose. Other side is clear. Then when moving the air box back there was still some petrol in there and the K&N filter stunk of petrol. So got that out and give that a clean as well.
Getting the carbs off was "fun" but got there in the end, I think putting them back might be more tricky. Anyway as I had been breathing in petrol fumes all afternoon I just had a quick look at two of the carbs....well gunked up and float was stuck on drivers side. Nearside float moved but was sticky. Looks to be long overdue a good clean looking at the state of the internals.
I put a few photos up so you can see.
Just wondering who you use for spares? Dealers... can be expensive. Just found Yamparts and Wemoto after aquick google, good prices but not OEM bits generally.
The dirty photos :lol