easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

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easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by wig » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:29 pm

Hi, my cbr400 nc23 keeps flooding i think.
I have changed all the ht leads.
It suffers even when the bike is realy warm or hot.
I can be using it, stop it, and it is needing a bump start to start the thing.
I always seem to have this problem even when i use redex or clean the carbs.

grrrrr
why cant it be reliable!
any advice wud b ace

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by missinNZ » Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:00 pm

sounds more like a battery problem mate, not fuel? its got power?

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by scratchin » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:18 pm

are the plugs gettin wet? have you checked the float heights?

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by wig » Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:53 pm

cheers for the info people.
I had used rad weld so thought id better change the coolant.

on doing so i found.............
.........
the rad weld had ran into the expansion bottle, or down the tube to it, rather.
here it had gone solid.
so when the coolant expanded- it dribbled out of filler cap,ran onto engine and donw the side of the spark plug.

the chocke puller cable was also a bit naff and i think keeping the choke on a tad. so greased that also!

I thne filled it with water again, and added some salt to stop it rusting in case it gets cold. its allot cheaper than coolant!

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by Matchlessman » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:24 pm

Are you sure salt is a good idea?

I would guess that its cheaper than coolant but might not be the best for your engine.
Too many bikes, so little time!

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by wig » Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:37 pm

that bit was just a joke.

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Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall

Post by Matchlessman » Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:39 am

Ah, right.
Too many bikes, so little time!

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