SV650.org - SV650 & Gladius 650 Forum



Bikes - Talk & Issues Newsworthy and topical general biking and bike related issues. No crapola!
Need Help: Try Searching before posting

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 15-08-08, 08:46 AM   #1
gerbrox
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Not Starting after running out of petrol.

Disaster, coming in to work this morning and thought I'd suprisingly ran out of petrol, went got some more and bike won't start. ARHHH

Do I need to wait awhile for the petrol to run through?
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-08-08, 09:17 AM   #2
the_lone_wolf
Captain Awesome
Mega Poster
 
the_lone_wolf's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hamble
Posts: 4,266
Default Re: Not Starting after running out of petrol.

all the crap that was floating in the tank is now in your fuel filter, might be blocking it, not sure how long the bike would take to re-wet the fuel system though, would have thought with the fuel pump it would be fairly quick
__________________
Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
Deal with it...
the_lone_wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 15-08-08, 09:50 AM   #3
Ceri JC
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Not Starting after running out of petrol.

Quote:
Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf View Post
all the crap that was floating in the tank is now in your fuel filter, might be blocking it, not sure how long the bike would take to re-wet the fuel system though, would have thought with the fuel pump it would be fairly quick
+1. The older the vehicle, the more likely there is to be crap in the tank and consequently these sort of problems. I ran my decade old 106 dry once and it refused to start, fuelling was ropey for a good while afterwards. That said, after running my K4 dry for the first time at the tail end of last year I didn't encounter any problems.
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-08-08, 10:40 AM   #4
gerbrox
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Not Starting after running out of petrol.

got it started now obviously was panicking as going to the eccosse AR tomorrow and drained the battery again, jumped it and all ok. I had it services the other week and they put in fuel cleaner so would have been runnig slightly rough anyway.

Thanks for the help. BTW being a twin is it usual to drain the battery as quickly 3 - 5 times tying to start her?
  Reply With Quote
Old 15-08-08, 10:52 AM   #5
the_lone_wolf
Captain Awesome
Mega Poster
 
the_lone_wolf's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Hamble
Posts: 4,266
Default Re: Not Starting after running out of petrol.

Quote:
Originally Posted by gerbrox View Post
Thanks for the help. BTW being a twin is it usual to drain the battery as quickly 3 - 5 times tying to start her?
twin = bigger cylinders = more compression = battery eater

try kick starting a 660cc single
__________________
Official "Dumbass of the Year" 2011
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
Deal with it...
the_lone_wolf is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Bad starting, poor running, 2000 Curvy. jtrent90 SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 15 01-07-08 02:55 PM
Petrol in the air box andyharding SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 5 26-03-08 10:43 PM
Running rough, running out of ideas. Sarj SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 17 04-12-07 06:45 PM
Out of Petrol?! Jabba Idle Banter 15 15-07-06 08:29 AM
Starting /rough running problem Sholay SV Talk, Tuning & Tweaking 5 26-01-05 04:18 PM


All times are GMT. The time now is 02:32 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.