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Pardon me if this has been answered. I rode the bike today after doing the pickup coil wire repair. It ran smooth like it used to, but sputtered when trying to accellerate. I switched the petcocks from on to reserve and it took off like a rocket. It has gas in it. It started this right before I did the coil repair. the coil repair solved the cylinders dropping out. Do I need to rebuild the percocks? I had already replaced the vacuum lines to the petcocks as they were looking old and hard. Thanks for your help. These are great bikes.
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1979 XS1100F (runnin the wheels off it)
1979 XS650 (ran the wheels off it)
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I pulled the petcocks once and found them full of gas. I mean above the strainers! I am not sure what causes the surface tension, but it could cause then to starve the carbies. I little blast of gumout cured them!Skids (Sid Hansen)
Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation. -
remove and carb clean them
I had that problem before with caked-up crud clogging the petcock filter. You can remove the filter and put a larger in-line filter on both fuel lines...just a thoughtMDRNF
79F.....Not Stock
80G......Not Stock Either....In the worksComment
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Well.......also in a squeaky voice. They run better when they are full of gas.1979 XS1100F (runnin the wheels off it)
1979 XS650 (ran the wheels off it)
1976 CB550F (ran the wheels off it)Comment
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