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#506321 texasscott1 (User) Two of a kind Platinum Boarder Posts: 2486 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   You can always drain the gas from the tank through the petcock and when it quits flowing switch to the other position and see if any more flows. If you've been running that long in the non-reserve position though be ready to see a bunch of water from the reserve position.   Logged     My 99 Standard Test Mule Scott B.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #506326 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7943 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   Makes for a bad day of riding if you have no way of coping with it. Luckily, I did, and was able to keep enough of my reserve to get to the next gas station. Some of my buddies cycle theirs every fill-up now, after seeing my little fiasco! Bad gas is out there.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506327 HumBug (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 131 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   If a LITTLE water does get into the bowl, will it stay there forever? Or work itself out?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #506330 FatJay (User) Life's to important to take seriously. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1429 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   Ooh.... Reserve. I know what that is. I kept reading it as reverse, thinking there was some sort of clunky leaver on the trans that switched directions. I feel pretty dumb now! I've noticed no difference between normal performance and reserve performance. Bike still goes forward with a balls load of power. Doesn't do well in reverse, considering when I sit as low as I can, if one foot is flat the other is in the air. For both feet to hit the ground at the same time, I'm touching toes only...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506332 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7943 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   Actually a good question. Sometimes, the level of vibration and sloshing around a prarticular bike does, along with boiling the gas is enough to keep it worked out. If you have a high water content (technical alert) say, over 15PPM water, sometimes your performance can suffer enough for you to notice. If you have a decent flow rate, a hot carb,an a little vibration (like us!) it does kind of work it's way through, although a big slug of water from the tank is a party foul you won't be able to get past with a little rough running. I drain my float bowlevery time I do a 8000 mile service check, but that's me.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506333 fireman922 (User) Schrodinger's Cat - Wanted Dead & Alive Platinum Boarder Posts: 5161 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   HumBug wrote: If a LITTLE water does get into the bowl, will it stay there forever? Or work itself out? It will pretty much stay there forever, corroding the bowl and building up until it gets high enough to get into a jet. Then is when you know you have a problem. It's not something that happens often, but it does happen. Some "Heat" or other brand water remover every once in a while (maybe once a month depending on humidity) should keep you golden, unless you get a big shot of water from a crappy gas station.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/20 11:13 By fireman922.   Ask me about my attention deficit disorder or my pie or my cat. A dog. I have a bike. Do you like TV? I saw a rock. Hi.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #506335 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7943 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   I was told (second hand info here) that any fuel additive with an alcohol or oil content helps eliminate water. Don't know if that's true or not, just putting it out, see if anybody else has heard that.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #506336 txulrich (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 706 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   As a rule of thumb, if I see the truck dumping gas in a station, I drive on by. When they're doing their thing, they stir up all of the sediment and other junk in the underground tank. I've fouled a couple of filters in my truck not obeying this rule. It's not as bad on a carborated engine, but really, really sucks for fuel injection.   Logged     Peace, Joe   The administrator has disabled public write access. #506339 fireman922 (User) Schrodinger's Cat - Wanted Dead & Alive Platinum Boarder Posts: 5161 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   Yeah. Alcohol and water bond (insert favorite drink here) and I guess mix with the gas to go ahead and work through the system. I've never had a problem on the Roadie with water. I try to fuel up at stations that have a high turnover. The only real issues I have had involved my gas storage cans and my 4 wheeler. Mostly during the transition from winter to spring. High humidity with widely varying temperatures.   Logged     Ask me about my attention deficit disorder or my pie or my cat. A dog. I have a bike. Do you like TV? I saw a rock. Hi.   The administrator has disabled public write access. #506357 erizo (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 1865 Re:Reserve lever 11 Months ago   fireman922 wrote: Yeah. Alcohol and water bond (insert favorite drink here) and I guess mix with the gas to go ahead and work through the system. I've never had a problem on the Roadie with water. I try to fuel up at stations that have a high turnover. The only real issues I have had involved my gas storage cans and my 4 wheeler. Mostly during the transition from winter to spring. High humidity with widely varying temperatures. the problem is the alcohol you have in petrol over your side of the pond does bond with water, but it doesn´t remix with the petrol. a common experiment to see how much alcohol is in petrol is to take a clear bottle with measurements on it, add 100ml of petrol, then add 100ml of water, agitate and let it settle, and the layer of petrol on the top tells how much % of alcohol is in there. 75ml of petrol layer means you have 25% alcohol for example. over here the alcohol content is minimal.   Logged     be realistic - demand the impossible!   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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