I thought I'd gotten everything working on my SR500 until today. I'd
drained the tank and had the old flaking liner removed and a new one,
hopefully impervious to gasohol, put in. That took about two weeks. I
poured the gas back in and went for a 20 mile ride and everything was
fine.

Today I fired it up and got about a block. It missed, sputtered, and
died. Gas is getting to the carb fine. Compression is fine. There's a
filter in the tank and an inline filter in the gas line (which I replaced
just to be safe).

It'll run anywhere from 5 seconds to a minute or so, but the result is
still some missing and sputtering, a halfhearted backfire or two, and it
dies.

Could the gas have gone bad in two weeks? Come to think of it, that's
two weeks plus however long it was in the tank before I drained it and my
aged memory isn't that good. So I guess the question is do the symptoms
sound like bad gas?

If so, I'll drain and replace. If not, it's back to tearing down the
carb again - sigh.

--
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On Sep 25, 5:02*pm, Larry Blanchard <lbla...@fastmail.fm> wrote:

> Could the gas have gone bad in two weeks?

No. An engine will start and run on really old gas, but it stinks like
hell.

You would notice pinging under load if you were riding uphill in too
high a gear, because the volatile fractions that cool combustion have
evaporated.

> It'll run anywhere from 5 seconds to a minute or so, but the result is
> still some missing and sputtering, a halfhearted backfire or two, and it
> dies.

It's either plugged up jets and passages in the carb or a bad
electrical conection in the ignition system.

` <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> a bad
> electrical conection in the ignition system.

Very, very, very unlikely.


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On Sep 26, 12:55*am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (Limey Asshole)
wrote:
> ` <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > *a bad
> > electrical conection in the ignition system.
>
> Very, very, very unlikely.

Well, maybe it's a dead Jamie in the air box?

` <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> On Sep 26, 12:55 am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (Limey Asshole)
> wrote:
> > ` <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > a bad
> > > electrical conection in the ignition system.
> >
> > Very, very, very unlikely.
>
> Well, maybe it's a dead Jamie in the air box?

Oh, how we laughed.

No, it's just another piece of your laughably errant technical "adice".


--
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Kawasaki GT550x2 Suzuki TS250ERx2 GN250 Damn, up to ten bikes!
Try Googling before asking a damn silly question.
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

On Sep 25, 6:02*pm, Larry Blanchard <lbla...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> I thought I'd gotten everything working on my SR500 until today. *I'd
> drained the tank and had the old flaking liner removed and a new one,
> hopefully impervious to gasohol, put in. *That took about two weeks. *I
> poured the gas back in and went for a 20 mile ride and everything was
> fine.
>
> Today I fired it up and got about a block. *It missed, sputtered, and
> died. *Gas is getting to the carb fine. *Compression is fine. *There's a
> filter in the tank and an inline filter in the gas line (which I replaced
> just to be safe).
>
> It'll run anywhere from 5 seconds to a minute or so, but the result is
> still some missing and sputtering, a halfhearted backfire or two, and it
> dies.
>
> Could the gas have gone bad in two weeks? *Come to think of it, that's
> two weeks plus however long it was in the tank before I drained it and my
> aged memory isn't that good. *So I guess the question is do the symptoms
> sound like bad gas?
>
> If so, I'll drain and replace. *If not, it's back to tearing down the
> carb again - sigh.
>

Fuel is FINE. Do a italian tune-up(sea foam) and replace the plug on
principal then go for a ride...run it dry or close to it and top off
at a gas station(put in another bottle of sea foam). OH and FFS ignor
krusty that guy couldn't pour **** out of a boot if the in structions
were printed on teh bottom.

On Sep 26, 9:57*am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (The Older
Gentleman) wrote:
> ` <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 26, 12:55 am, totallydeadmail...@yahoo.co.uk (Limey Asshole)
> > wrote:
> > > ` <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > *a bad
> > > > electrical conection in the ignition system.
>
> > > Very, very, very unlikely.
>
> > Well, maybe it's a dead Jamie in the air box?
>
> Oh, how we laughed.
>
> No, it's just another piece of your laughably errant technical "adice".
>

Indeed.

On Sep 28, 7:13*am, "Goatse Keith" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Fuel is FINE. Do a italian tune-up(sea foam) and replace the plug on
> principal then go for a ride...run it dry or close to it and top off
> at a gas station(put in another bottle of sea foam).

How stupid can you get?

Oh, wait. You're Goatse Keith.

Stupid is as stupid does.

On Sep 28, 9:03*am, "`" <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Sep 28, 7:13*am, "Goatse Keith" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Fuel is FINE. Do a *italian tune-up(sea foam) and replace the plug on
> > principal then go for a ride...run it dry or close to it and top off
> > at a gas station(put in another bottle of sea foam).
>
> How stupid can you get?
>

Well it would be impossible for ME to get as stupid as a intentionally
ignorant and stupid inDUHvidual as yourself. I'm just as stupid as the
average Nobel prize winner.

> Oh, wait. You're Goatse Keith.

guess again...i'm the guy you are so scared of you avoid the state he
lives in...remember.

> Stupid is as stupid does.

Yep and you are one stupid thing...never changing brake fluid in 20+
years. Can't get much stupider than that.

On Oct 1, 4:19*am, " Goatse" <stevenkei...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 28, 9:03*am, "`" <breoganmacbr...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> > How stupid can you get?
>
> Well it would be impossible for ME to get as stupid as a intentionally
> ignorant and stupid inDUHvidual as yourself. I'm just as stupid as the
> average Nobel prize winner.

You're terminally stupid and you don't have any retarded friends to
hang out with.

Go back to hanging out with the alpacas.

Or shoot yourself.

You won't be missed.