SuzukiSavage.com /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> The Cafe >> Hello frome Sweden /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1648730746 Message started by Zepp on 03/31/22 at 05:45:46

Title: Hello frome Sweden Post by Zepp on 03/31/22 at 05:45:46 I juste want to let you know that im alive and vaiting for spring/summer for more rides on my Savage! Last spring I get the bike to my local bikeshop, to make them clean my carburator. In any way, that summer wasnt the best, bad weather and I kind of had some healt problems.. IE not that much riding as suposed. And I promised to drain the tank and carburator over winter.. I didnt do that! :-[ Soo yesterday I started the bike and did a short ride, it performed as new! Today its snowing, but soon there is April and nice 10-15 centigrades and sun, thats my hope anyway. Soo, my gretings frome Sweden for all of you that still ride/love Savage/S40.

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by MMRanch on 03/31/22 at 08:37:52  :)   Zepp I hope your health stays better this year .   Whenever I bundle-up for a chily day ride , I think of those fellers who ride Snowmobiles , and it makes my ride seem nice and warm !  The Heated gloves and vest help with the "seeming warm too"   ;D

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by LANCER on 03/31/22 at 09:32:52 With heated gloves and vest it SHOULD seem warm !

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by Zepp on 05/24/22 at 08:46:53 Hey again, now its spring in my part of Sweden! And today I only wright to get of some of my frustration.. and mayby get some sympathy. Today was my day of control inspection for my bike! I was prepared, I did start it up twice befor and take a ride around my house.. working as new! But today, my bike wanted to puke out the whole tank to the street! Stop/start 10 times, theres no idea to ride to the control station! Total frustration, the bike in to the garage again, open all doors to get rid of all petrol fumes.. and dark thoughts about to scrap my bike and buy my another one that works!!!!!! In anyway, after some hours.. I wanted to know.. whats the problem, befor I scraped it! Soo.. out again, start, it runs like new! :-? So, so, it could be that I and my bike have a lot comon, after a long winter we need a bit of love and attention? My bike need to flex the float axel and touch the floating valve more regualry! And I need to ride more often to be a safe biker! Now to the good news, I would start my bike every day and make sure its runing, and get a new control day! :)

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/24/22 at 18:11:06 Sounds like you flooded it. Don't freak out if it doesn't fire right off. Quit, think,someone smarter will be along and give advice on how to start them cold. I didn't really have to learn that, because I'm in Texas. Ether is definitely your friend. Just a Whisper goes a long way.

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by MMRanch on 05/24/22 at 18:57:20 Zepp Two of the tricks that helps with carbs are : 1.  Run some "Sea Foam" cleaner in with the gas in the spring to dissolve those gas crystals that form in old gas. 2.  If the float valve has crystals or trash that keeps it from closing the fuel flow , you can remove it easily by : a.  Remove the fuel line feeding the carb. b.  Open the drain at the bottom of the fuel bowl and drain the carb. c.  Find the hose that just drained the bowl. d.  Give a hardy puff of air into the drain hose (bottom of bowl) to blow any trash-crystals  back up through the floats valve the out of the carb's fuel inlet that you have removed the hose from.   Don't be shy about the hardy part either.   ;) You know one little crystal will keep the float's needle from closing and cause you a mess of headaches. Let us know how it turns out !  :)

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by Zepp on 05/25/22 at 04:40:06 Thank you guys! I did have the same problem last spring and still make to drive it to my local MC shop for carburator cleaning, they didnt find any dirt! And they dont sell Seafoam in Sweden, so I put a whole bottle of STP "Complete fuel system cleaner" in my small tank, the rest alkylat petrol! In anyway, I started it today.. its a floating valve problem, it started whitout choke, sometimes it get some fuel out of the overflow tube. :'( In anyway I have to do this for a week, befor I can trust it to ride to the control station! Plan B is to be sure that its mayby only drips some fuel, and I got a month to fix it and new control time? In the meantime I can legaly drive the bike and have new fuel going true my carburator.. and hope that this solve the problem? Disclamer, I still have the original vacum petcock, its working.. and I think theres a filter that take cares of any dirt frome the tank? Im a bit pussled about this "petrol crystals", but somethings make my floating valve not closing!

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by LANCER on 05/27/22 at 04:22:41 Keep in mind that the Carburetor body has a number of tiny passageways that are involved in metering fuel, and if any dirt/grit gets stuck in the passageways then the Carburetor will not function properly.  Upon disassembly and inspection of the carb you will not be able to see a clogged passageway.  The only way to be sure they are clear is to gently run a carb cleaning tool (tiny steel wires made for this) through the passageways, then a squirt of carb cleaner, then a shot of compressed air.  This will insure the passageways are clear and the carb functions properly, assuming everything else functions normally. The Carburetor tool used is like the torch tip cleaner used in gas welding.  In the US it costs about $10-15.  It is good to have this tool, it’s very handy when needed.

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/27/22 at 11:30:04 Wear eye protection. Squirting stuff in the little holes is Gonna see some blowback.

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by Zepp on 06/15/22 at 04:20:04 Thank you guys for your suport, I can realy need that! Soo, I did the moste hard things, drained my tank and carburator. Draining my tank was simple, I watched the fluids, no strange color, it ran by the reserv of my petcock.. and im now using this petrol in my lawnmover whit no problems. I couldnt remove the drain screw of the carburator, its a 2000 made bike, watching Clymer and even online shemes, I got a carburator that have the drain screw to the right! In anyway, i dont care about this drain screw, it have been sitting there for 22 years, I dont like to use a sledge to make it work! I rather buy my a new carburator befor they stop selling those! Sooo, its a mystery, its a floating walve problem, on my bike!

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/15/22 at 07:08:55 Working on the carburetor still on the bike is hard,especially if those bolts have been sitting there for twenty years. The heads Look like Philips screws. They are not. But you can grind the tip of a Number two Phillips head and make it work. Just hit u,set it in the bolt head, little bit at a time, until it sits down and fills the X. If you don't have a shop,tools,,then it's probably gonna be hard. So, tell us about your skills, experience and tool collection.

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by Zepp on 07/03/22 at 05:15:15 Thanks for your support! I recon that Im getting old, bad eys and not that agile anymore, so I bought a front wheel stand. I do have impact screwdrivers.. im just hesitate to use them, becuse one can break the lower casing of the carburator, if one use to much force. Its just this, the petrol was fine, no dirt in it of any kind! I was in the moment of tupping up newly bought alkylate petrol in the tank to do a new try, then my mother died, so Im not in a mood for doing anything! I was even in a second mood to scrap the bike! However a bit later I figured out that I want to have a bike anyway, to get out in the summer, to cruise and to visit some bike/motor events. Its this, my former bike was a Honda CB 650, four carburators, standing in my old garage, where it was cold and wet and it started anyhow, one year I have to buy a new battery! Soo, now I start wondering about the low milage on my bike, 8500 Km? Could former owners have the same problem? Im now in a mood to buy a new carburator!

Title: Re: Hello frome Sweden Post by TheSneeze on 07/03/22 at 08:53:33 My condolences on the passing of your mother.  Losing family is very hard.

SuzukiSavage.com » Powered by YaBB 2.2! YaBB © 2000-2007. All Rights Reserved.