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Old 06-27-2010, 06:13 PM
kendunn kendunn is offline
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Well, like often happens with mechanics, something else made it look like the reserve was screwed up. I had a float that was cocked in my carb. When the bike ran out of gas I switched to reserve and sat there for a few seconds waiting for the carb to fill back up. When it did it started overflowing and some went into the engine flooding it, so no start. I just thought the gas hadn't gotten in there yet so I just kept kicking while I guess the gas just kept running into the engine and overflowed to the ground (I was literally in grass as tall as me, remember I was cutting a new trail,and I didnt see it). When I finally looked in my tank it had all ran out. I still say its best not to turn the gas all the way on, because they will use reserve if you go just past on slightly.
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