fuel pump?? (now carb bowl vent mod)

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Old 11-12-2007, 08:45 PM
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was riding today and noticed my bike starting to cut out at full throttle, get home and my fuel pump is just buzzing and not drawing any fuel from my clear filter......clogged filter or fuel pump on the fritz?? also sometimes it will draw fuel....Im confused
 
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Old 11-12-2007, 10:14 PM
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so my petcock and filter are good, if I turn on the gas and unhook the fuel line coming out of the filter I get solid gas flow, but when the bike is not running and I go to turn it on, the pump just buzzes and vibrates pretty badly....guess that points to the fuel pump unless somebody else has any ideas?
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 01:44 AM
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or a voltage drop across the relay or connection. Winging it here, but a voltage drop to the pump will make it over amp and burn out in short order.
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 01:45 AM
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well here is the thing, it is acting like it is intermittent, if it sits for a long time and I switch it on it acts normal, but after its heated up it just buzzes away, not drawing any fuel through the filter........
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 01:46 AM
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where is the actual fuel pump relay at?
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 01:49 AM
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dang, so much for winging it. hold on, will look it up.
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 02:11 AM
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so besides the fuel pump being wonky, I have issues with this..
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/webzxr/.../ventbowl.html
is what it is supposed to look like, here is what I have...............
this would explain my cutting out at 80+mph because my carbs and stuff arent equalizing pressure



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Old 11-13-2007, 02:12 AM
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hahaq

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Old 11-13-2007, 02:35 AM
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so besides the fuel pump being wonky, I have issues with this..
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/webzxr/.../ventbowl.html
is what it is supposed to look like, here is what I have...............
this would explain my cutting out at 80+mph because my carbs and stuff arent equalizing pressure



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hmm, so much for looking it up.
 
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Old 11-13-2007, 02:40 AM
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does this make sense?
 


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