Mon, 12 Oct 98 18:48:25 +0200 - Message No. 4241
From: "Rebl_Manfred"

Subject: re: Fuel problems


Hi Stephan,
a few years ago I owned a Kawasaki ZXR 750, a nice bike - but - when I 
decided to give her full throttle (mostly on highways because it ran a 
little faster as an @) it sometimes happened that after 2-3 km the engine 
stopped running as it got no petrol, after a while it began running again, 
... the same as you described.
I searched a lot and found out that during the synchronisation and the last 
service of the carburetors the mechanics oiled some parts inside of the 
carburetors with a special oil (don't know in english " Spezialfett").
They did their job very well, but it was to much oil and after about 4000 
km the petrol had destroyed the oil and it was then falling down on the 
ground of the carburetors- so what happened then => full throttle needs a 
lot of petrol and so the oil from the ground found its way to the nozzles 
and blocked the gas consumption till it felt down again to the ground of 
the carburetor (it was the same like you had dirt in the carburetors).

A second problem I had, was an airfilter which was not mounted correctly on 
the bike, but then you alway will get down by giving a lot of gas, but this 
I think you will know well.

Last but not least, simply water, I think a few of us could tell stories 
how good a bike is running with water in the electric or also a little bit 
in the carburetors, and I think you had enough water during your trip, 
didn't you ?

So maybe one of our "intelligent" tips (I think you will get a lot tips 
also from the other guys, e.g from our Phantom "Sohiro" he has a faible for 
intelligent messages) will help you to solve the problem, good luck

mfg
Manfred Rebl
ATBEAS P1 Resident Engineer Würzburg
phone: 0049-931-202-161;handy: 0049-172-6174817
e-mail: manfred.rebl@at.siemens.de
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Original Text
From: "Gries, Stephan" , on 12.10.1998 
11:05:
Hi to all,

because of getting back from the autumn offroad meeting (1500km for 30km
offroad!!) and it was raining all the time suddenly the @ feels like
running out of gas on the 'autobahn'. Just before standing still she
gets again gas and the ride goes on. She always feels like getting not
enough air or gas and this happend three times till I arrived at home.
Now my question, how can I check the fuel pump. Is it possible to open
and clean it? Ever had the same problems? Resolution?. At the moment I
haven't checked anything because of the weather. Perhaps you can help me
where to search first. I will beginn with gas switch because the reserve
doesn't work correctly.

Stephan




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