Had it less than a week and she dies on me :(

L3nnyCBR · Post by **L3nnyCBR** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:22 am

Bought my NC29 Tuesday and it was running fine for a couple of days, left it Thursday then went to go for a ride Friday.

Started with the choke out let it warm up a bit then put the choke back in, it did cut out but then started okay straight away.

Got about 4 miles down the road, out on a dual carriageway doing a fair speed and it just died on me, like it had run out of fuel.

Looked in the tank, about half full so scratched my head for a while thought i'd give it another go and it started (eventually) all was good for 2 more miles then it died again, managed to get it going again but I noticed a lot of fuel dripping from the breather pipe.

I don't really know enough about carbs so will probably take it to a mechanic but anyone know what the problem is?

Cheers.

dunkenb · Post by **dunkenb** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 11:37 pm

Problem looks to be the carbs, probably full of crap and blocking stuff up. There dead easy to sort yourself.get a haynes manual and a can of carb cleaner. Cheaper than a mechanic. Probably only take you a couple of hours with a couple of spanners and screw drivers.

L3nnyCBR · Post by **L3nnyCBR** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:40 am

Just ordered a Haynes manual and spent all night watching youtube videos

See how it goes :)

Waza4 · Post by **Waza4** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 12:32 am

Sounds like the fuel pump isn't working to me. ( you should be able to feel it pulsing with the motor running) Could be the fuel pump relay ( can be strapped out ) these normally pack up when the regrec is on its way out. Check battery voltage when running.
Good luck.

L3nnyCBR · Post by **L3nnyCBR** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:20 pm

Seller told me it's had a new reg/rec and battery recently so hopefully it's not that.

Going to take the carbs apart today, never done anything like this before so wish me luck

Waza4 · Post by **Waza4** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 8:59 pm

I could well be the regrec took out the pump relay. Like I said stick a finger on the pump and crank it over , you should feel it pulsing.

Post by **tanuki** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 12:17 pm

first thing I'd check is the breather in the tank cap.

when it conks out open the tank cap, if it hisses then its a blocked breather

jonhunt · Post by **jonhunt** » Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:12 pm

reminds me of the joke about the guy who bought a rubber doll from a specialist shop. Took it back next day with a puncture. Told the owner it went down on him, Owner said we normally charge extra for that.
No help at all but it might make you smile

gullarm · Post by **gullarm** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:20 pm

Did you work out what was wrong?

L3nnyCBR · Post by **L3nnyCBR** » Mon Aug 31, 2015 1:14 am

Been busy so not really had time to look into it.

Took it to a mechanic and they replaced one of the rubber tubes which send fuel to the carbs and it ran great.

Till it died again

I think it was just out of fuel as I managed to get it started again after a lot of fiddling with the reserve tap. I'd only done around 80 km though, would expect a bit more than that before hitting reserve. That was 4 weeks ago and the weather has been rubbish so not been out on it since.

Although I've now noticed it's dripping oil on the garage floor

Had it less than a week and she dies on me :(

Had it less than a week and she dies on me :(

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