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elpash

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About elpash

  • Birthday 22/10/1987

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  • Bike(s)
    '04 Yamaha XVS 125 Dragstar
  • Location
    Lincolnshire

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  1. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Thanks for all your help guys!! The last piece to the puzzle was a new air filter, I'd dried it out but when I re checked it there was still some oil in the paper blocking it up. Back on the road again
  2. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Ordering a new air filter for it as it isn't foam. I want a strip down of the carb to be the final step because, it sounds healthy and without any load it revs and sounds great. When I drained the carb both times there was no water in it. I will have a look in the oil when I next take it out to check for any metal flakes to see if there is any rubbing anywhere
  3. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Update.... After charging the battery I got the bike started, after a bit of a warm up it was revving just like before. I took it onto the road, put it in first and it just wouldn't pull without stalling, pinned the throttle back and set off and it was going at walking pace, the first bit of incline it cut off. any ideas? I do have a feeling it could be something to do with the hole in the exhaust but think there's too much power lost for it to be that
  4. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Yeah I understand diagnosing is hard through this, it's just a big help with being able to drop the update and getting hints here and there. It seemed to be a mixture of petrol and oil as there was no separation (but again I have no sense of smell today, just my gf complained I stunk of petrol), I've dropped the liquid into bottles and will check on separation, and get someone to smell it for me. I undid the drain screw and just petrol came out of it, it was a little dirty so I gave it a few taps with a small hammer incase the float was stuck. If it doesn't start tonight on the full battery charge I will dump the oil again and check the amount as that will then be petrol not water, making it seem like possibly a red herring and was a stuck float all along.
  5. elpash

    Please help. =(

    New oil in, bike started up, was running rough but let it warm up, when I pulled the throttle it kept dropping power. Noticed a leak in my front down pipe, could of been possible entry point but seems unlikely for the volume of liquid dropped out, which measured an extra two litres than what should of dropped out. Turned the bike off, went and put riding gear on, put the air filter back on, bike wouldn't start, after a few attempts battery started giving out. I've now come back in side, put the battery on charge and just made an offer on a used down pipe on eBay, and about to order new air and oil filters. A stuck float is still not out the equation but will see when I put the battery back on tomorrow .
  6. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Contents of the oil drop... The bike is only meant to hold 1.6 litres of oil, and that looks about 3-4 litres full Looks like fuel is going into the oil, which is hopefully just from flooding the engine trying to get it started
  7. elpash

    Please help. =(

    I'm sure I had more of a confused face when I took it off the third time and got covered in water! And yeah it's definitely a bucket and a sponge next time.
  8. elpash

    Please help. =(

    I'll be honest I'm pretty green with all this stuff so the twice was a recommendation from two separate people so yeah the cheapest stuff they've got, a blast around for an hour or two and then put the good stuff in. One of them did mention two oil filter changes too but think that's maybe a step too far. And yeah I'll take a photo, appreceate the input so far too. I tried putting the video up and you'd of seen it pouring out but the forum wouldn't let me.
  9. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Yeah looks like it's definitely the cause, not seen a drain off the air box, so going to drain the oil twice and hopefully that's me back on the road. Until the next issue.
  10. Very nice! And congrats on the first bike
  11. elpash

    Please help. =(

    I wasn't able to work on my bike all week so left work early today and took the plugs out, dried them, turned over the bike to spit out petrol left in there. Then put the battery on charge. Took the air filter off so I could give the carb a few light taps thinking it could be a stuck float...... air filter was full of liquid (I only rarely have a sense of smell due to bad polyps so couldn't sniff to see if it was petrol). I put the battery back in and sprayed connection cleaner on all the points. I decided to turn the bike over with the air filter off and see what happened........ it started! I turned the choke on, it started warming up then I heared a gushing sound, looked down to where my air filter once was.....
  12. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Battery charged, spark plugs dried off, bike started up again, had to play with the throttle to keep it alive, put the choke on...... it died and wouldn't start again. I decided to take the air filter off to check see if it started with more air going in, as I undid this jubilee clip.... And it was wet and stunk of petrol
  13. elpash

    Please help. =(

    Today I had on of the spark plugs out and it was black and wet, a quick wipe with a cloth and it cleaned up, both sides leads were sparking fine, just charging the battery up and need to break off the clip on the clutch wire as it gets in the way of the spark plug with my stupidly long socket I got from Halfords as they had no other 16mm. Then I will dry off that plug and try again. Then if it starts and bogs down I know I have air, I have a spark, I've drained the carb so only thing left is a fuel problem.
  14. Haha don't worry yourself the jetwash is far enough away from the pumps
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