Hi I have a 94 XP I bought new which has never been modded and that has never had any engine work done on it. (I rebuilt the jet pump in '01.)
I usually only ride it about 3-5 times a year.
Warmed her up and went to WOT a few times before slowing for a vary narrow creek entrance. I idled along a creek for about 2 hours and after turning around coming back up the creek I throttled it up to a very slow 2250rpms or so (trying to keep up with wife in 94 Kawasaki SS Xi). I ran this rpm for a good solid 20 minutes.
All of a sudden it started to die and after giving it a little throttle it shut off. Attempted to restart it seemed to be out of fuel as it would fire off but as soon as I let go of the start button it would die. I changed the fuel selector to RES but it made no difference. A quick inspection under the seat revealed a strong smell of raw fuel.
Wife towed me in.
Tonight in the garage it is no different. Compression tested it and got 150 on both cylinders. Plugs were both equally sooty and looked very rich(could be from the long time idling though.) Saw a few backfires up the MAG carb tonight. I removed the intake box assembly and cowling. I found wet fuel underneath the MAG carb on the throttle/oil bracket near where the cables are. This seems very odd to me. I searched the forums and turned up nothing about a carb fuel leak.
Tomorrow night I will remove the carbs. Keep in mind these carbs have never been touched since installed at the factory.
Does anyone have any advice/theories?
Thanks.
I usually only ride it about 3-5 times a year.
Warmed her up and went to WOT a few times before slowing for a vary narrow creek entrance. I idled along a creek for about 2 hours and after turning around coming back up the creek I throttled it up to a very slow 2250rpms or so (trying to keep up with wife in 94 Kawasaki SS Xi). I ran this rpm for a good solid 20 minutes.
All of a sudden it started to die and after giving it a little throttle it shut off. Attempted to restart it seemed to be out of fuel as it would fire off but as soon as I let go of the start button it would die. I changed the fuel selector to RES but it made no difference. A quick inspection under the seat revealed a strong smell of raw fuel.
Wife towed me in.
Tonight in the garage it is no different. Compression tested it and got 150 on both cylinders. Plugs were both equally sooty and looked very rich(could be from the long time idling though.) Saw a few backfires up the MAG carb tonight. I removed the intake box assembly and cowling. I found wet fuel underneath the MAG carb on the throttle/oil bracket near where the cables are. This seems very odd to me. I searched the forums and turned up nothing about a carb fuel leak.
Tomorrow night I will remove the carbs. Keep in mind these carbs have never been touched since installed at the factory.
Does anyone have any advice/theories?
Thanks.
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