How to burn a lot of petrol and nearly gas yourself

took a blunt brush and painted...

So the fire started no problem?

 

Not as good as ACF 50 though.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Fuel, compression and a spark at the right time and ANY fucking engine will
start.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

My thinking is pretty easy to fathom on this dodgy subject. If what you do
is easy and does no harm, then do it. If it's not necessary you won't ever
know and if it *is* necessary, you still won't know, coz the bikes will
crank like they usually do.

Doing *something* is usually better than doing nothing.

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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Never had a Duke have you ?

If it floods, it can be a right bastard (53 feet anyone ?)

 

And that (with a subtle difference) is part of the D14 Bantam problem.
The 25:1 2smoke mix tends to accumulate as oil in the bottom of the
crankcase. Tickling the carb to get a cold starting mixture aggravates
this leading to the plug oiling up after a few pokes on the kickstart.
There is a drain plug in the bottom of the crankcase, the trick is
to drain the crank and change the plug _at_the_same_time_ which
gives you a fighting chance of getting the bastard started but
only if everything else is perfect. Any 2smoke which has been left
standing tends to also have evaporated the petrol in the float
bowl leaving excess oil to block jets and bugger up the mixture
which also does not help.

 

No, but then again....maybe I should've been more precise. "The correct
amount of fuel".

"If it floods" means that there's too much fuel.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Really ? Does it ?

 

took a blunt brush and painted...

There's too much liquid.

 

Gas surely

 

took a blunt brush and painted...

<talking in general>

If there were too much gas that would just be an atmosphere.

A flood of anything kinda implies liquid.

 

At least YOU know it does. Explain to crn how that works will you?


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Gas IS a liquid, surely?


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

No. Both liquids and gases may be described as 'fluid' though.

 

took a blunt brush and painted...

Not at the same time

 

I bloody well KNOW how it works.
And with 2 strokes it is not that simple.

 

"LPG"

 

L=liquefied not liquid

same root as "frozen water" or "melted fat"

 

Yeah it is.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

I have already explained the difference - but for those who missed it :
Oil separates out from fuel mix under compression in the crankcase.
Early 2 strokes which use a 20:1 or 25:1 mix are prone to this.
If engine does not fire within a few kicks said oil gets thrown up
onto the sparkplug. The 4 stroke cure of closing the choke and
cranking with wide open throttle does not help,it just makes matters
worse.