TheStone Posted July 28, 2010 Posted July 28, 2010 Hey guys, Ive been riding my XT350 for about a month now. Has run perfectly fine until the last 3 days. Ill start the bike right up on 2nd or 3rd kick. Idles fine, then I get on it and start to cruise and she only wants to run for about 5 mins. When I give it gas it hesitates like its running out of gas but the tank is completely full. Then it just stops, I have to let it sit for about 10 mins and then itll run again for about 30 seconds. It cant be overheating that fast because I was riding it for hours in 100 degree heat last week. I did run it through about 2 feet of water a couple days ago. Could this have done some damage? Any ideas?
Moderator Airhead Posted July 28, 2010 Moderator Posted July 28, 2010 First thought are...The water you mention, give the coil and HT lead a spray with WD40, remive the ignition side cover and check its dry in there, a spray of WD40 in there too wond do any harm. Next time it stops, open the fuel tank filler lid, does it suck in air...can you start it now? Could be a blocked tank vent.
TheStone Posted July 28, 2010 Author Posted July 28, 2010 Think I figured it out. Tank got low on gas yesterday and I filled it up last night. I pulled the gas valve out of the tank just now and it was full of crud. The gas coming out of the line was really dirty as well. My tank must have a build up of something. I cleaned it out as best I could and refilled it. Runs perfect now.
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