ran out of gas, refueled, now wont start.

[asalterio1]

ive got a 98 banshee. was recently rebuit and had it gone through, seemed to run pretty well. I was out in my pit and some how it ran dry even without switching to reserve... beyond me. but I went and refueled it now it wont start. Im new to the 2-stroke scene, and I went with a banshee b/c of ovious reasons of better power. a few other things is that I noticed that it started to rev pretty high when it went dry, but I was good to kill it before the rpm was too high. another thing that ive did wrong is not turning the gas off when im not using the wheeler. im guessing alot dripped out of the carb over flow while sitting??

 

my guess would be one of the fuel line are clogged or the carbs are messed up. since ive gotten the wheeler ive used 4oz of oil per gallon of gas. this was the fuel ratio I was told to use by a local yamaha dealer, but I trust you guys on the forum to help me out.

thanks for helping the nubie :biggrin:

[dajogejr]

my guess would be one of the fuel line are clogged or the carbs are messed up. since ive gotten the wheeler ive used 4oz of oil per gallon of gas. this was the fuel ratio I was told to use by a local yamaha dealer, but I trust you guys on the forum to help me out.

thanks for helping the nubie :biggrin:

 

 

That's my guess too. When it ran out of gas, was the motor SCREAMING...or just lugging around.

Reason I say that is, when you run a two stroke out of gas, you also run it out of oil/lubrication for everything in the crank case.

If you were WOT, you might have damaged something.....

If you were chugging around, I'd start by removing both carbs, and one by one, completely dissasemble and clean them.

Remove the gas tank, drain, and remove the fuel valve. I'd bet it has 11 years worth of dirt and crud on the fuel valve screens that go in the tank.

[tidos76]

also just like with a car, when you run to the bottom you get all the gunk. there are screens on the petcock, they may have gotten clogged not allowing fuel through, or that gunk can get to your carbs and clog them up too. just like previously stated, take the carbs off and check them out. and check your plugs too.

[asalterio1]

also just like with a car, when you run to the bottom you get all the gunk. there are screens on the petcock, they may have gotten clogged not allowing fuel through, or that gunk can get to your carbs and clog them up too. just like previously stated, take the carbs off and check them out. and check your plugs too.

 

 

The bike did rev pretty high but for like 2 seconds before I shut it down, but it started again and bogged after that.

 

ive checked the plugs they look good, they were just changed before that last fatal ride. I couldnt get it out of the pit by myself but Ill try again today and take a look at the carbs.

[lowbuckracing]

Compression test.....