Gentlemen,
I need help with a fuel tank issue on a '99 Cali EV, please. Bought a bike and it would only idle and not for long. I pulled the tank to replace the fuel filter to start. (don't know the history of the bike or how long it has sat, so thought it a good place to start.)
Here is my problem. I removed the nut forward of the petcock. I probably should not have. It held a long black 'stem' in the tank. I am not sure what it is, but it appears damaged, so need to replace it. It would help if I knew what it was.
I am wondering if these may be the root cause of my fuel delivery problem. I noticed the plug end of the wire was not connected. I can't find the female connect it connects to. Also, one of the wires appears to be damaged. Could this somehow effect fuel delivery?
Symptoms I am chasing for those interested, are stumbling at start up to stall. If I rev up the engine, it stalls. If the bike sits for a long period of time, it will start and idle for about 10 minutes before the stalling comes back. That is what lead me to believe it was a partially blocked fuel filter and not injectors or fuel pump. Also when it does run at idle and the engine is rev'ed, there is a pop, like a backfire, before stumbling and stalling. It is like there is a fuel starve condition. It may be exhaust related however and another issue to chase.
Questions:
thank you for any help or observation. I would like to get this thing running at some point.
I need help with a fuel tank issue on a '99 Cali EV, please. Bought a bike and it would only idle and not for long. I pulled the tank to replace the fuel filter to start. (don't know the history of the bike or how long it has sat, so thought it a good place to start.)
Here is my problem. I removed the nut forward of the petcock. I probably should not have. It held a long black 'stem' in the tank. I am not sure what it is, but it appears damaged, so need to replace it. It would help if I knew what it was.
I am wondering if these may be the root cause of my fuel delivery problem. I noticed the plug end of the wire was not connected. I can't find the female connect it connects to. Also, one of the wires appears to be damaged. Could this somehow effect fuel delivery?
Symptoms I am chasing for those interested, are stumbling at start up to stall. If I rev up the engine, it stalls. If the bike sits for a long period of time, it will start and idle for about 10 minutes before the stalling comes back. That is what lead me to believe it was a partially blocked fuel filter and not injectors or fuel pump. Also when it does run at idle and the engine is rev'ed, there is a pop, like a backfire, before stumbling and stalling. It is like there is a fuel starve condition. It may be exhaust related however and another issue to chase.
Questions:
What is this part?
Where does it plug into?
The damage on the wire, could it cause a fuel delivery problem, especially at higher rpm?
Finally, the thread pitch on the tank is very fine and the threads don't want to start. Is there a trick to getting this back on the tank threads?
Where does it plug into?
The damage on the wire, could it cause a fuel delivery problem, especially at higher rpm?
Finally, the thread pitch on the tank is very fine and the threads don't want to start. Is there a trick to getting this back on the tank threads?
thank you for any help or observation. I would like to get this thing running at some point.