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08-08-10, 09:43 PM

My 2000 SV650S is poorly; it idles nicely but as soon as you increase the revs (in gear or in neutral) it misfires and eventually cuts out.

Thinking some water might have got into the tank I drained it today. I think there might be a tiny bit of water in there, but I'm more concerned by all of the rusty dirt that came out too. There was also quite a collection of the stuff around the fuel tap.

I did a search and saw some people recommended putting a bit of fuel back in, swishing it about, pouring it out and repeating until the fuel's clear. Is this the best way or is anything else more effective?

08-08-10, 09:43 PM	#1
SVforvictory Guest Posts: n/a	How do you clean out an empty fuel tank? My 2000 SV650S is poorly; it idles nicely but as soon as you increase the revs (in gear or in neutral) it misfires and eventually cuts out. Thinking some water might have got into the tank I drained it today. I think there might be a tiny bit of water in there, but I'm more concerned by all of the rusty dirt that came out too. There was also quite a collection of the stuff around the fuel tap. I did a search and saw some people recommended putting a bit of fuel back in, swishing it about, pouring it out and repeating until the fuel's clear. Is this the best way or is anything else more effective?