Addison
XS400 Enthusiast
Well I took the boy into the garage tonight to take a look at the old bike.
We started by attempting to install a new inline fuel filter.
Yes, we installed it correctly - however - when we turned the petcock to the 'ON' position, gas would not flow down the line, thru the filter, and into the carb.
But, when I disconnected the fuel line from the carb, then turned the petcock on, the gas would flow.
In all cases, the bike was not running. Does this mean that the vacuum feature in the petcock was functioning correctly? I started the bike, and it fired up, but then eventually died out as expected.... no gas supply.
I disassembled the petcock and all is fine there.
Am I missing something really simple here? Any help at all would be appreciated.
We started by attempting to install a new inline fuel filter.
Yes, we installed it correctly - however - when we turned the petcock to the 'ON' position, gas would not flow down the line, thru the filter, and into the carb.
But, when I disconnected the fuel line from the carb, then turned the petcock on, the gas would flow.
In all cases, the bike was not running. Does this mean that the vacuum feature in the petcock was functioning correctly? I started the bike, and it fired up, but then eventually died out as expected.... no gas supply.
I disassembled the petcock and all is fine there.
Am I missing something really simple here? Any help at all would be appreciated.