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easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:29 pm
by wig
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
Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:00 pm
by missinNZ
sounds more like a battery problem mate, not fuel? its got power?
Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:18 pm
by scratchin
are the plugs gettin wet? have you checked the float heights?
Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 8:53 pm
by wig
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!
Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:24 pm
by Matchlessman
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.
Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 10:37 pm
by wig
that bit was just a joke.

Re: easy stall/flood? even warm cant start after stall
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 9:39 am
by Matchlessman
Ah, right.