Running out of Fuel - EFI models 14-18 (not sure about Gen2)
Feb 20, 2022 13:00:41 GMT 10
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Post by andyh on Feb 20, 2022 13:00:41 GMT 10
I don't make a habit of running out of fuel, I have done it twice in 33,000 kilometres. The first time was outside Guyra doing about 100 when there was a cough, splutter, burp and then it ran for a kilometre before it died.
Coasted to a stop and filled it. Problem was the pump was bone dry with an air lock and needed bleeding (messy job at the best of times, but bad on a short shoulder with heavy vehicles going by just nasty).
After that I always wondered what would happen if I had managed to hit the kill switch after the first cough?
I had to wait a long time to find out, but this morning it happened again and I hit the kill switch, pulled the clutch and coasted to a nice wide landing zone. Filled and it fired first go, needed a bit of coaxing to draw fuel but didn't need to be bled. In hindsight I should have found a level pull off place as that would have guaranteed fuel to pickup side, rather than waiting for it to equalise across. Or I could have dropped all 10 litres in, but I was missing a funnel so that wasn't going to happen. Either way killing the pump before it drew air worked. Might work for others.
Do the new ones have a tap/reserve ?
Coasted to a stop and filled it. Problem was the pump was bone dry with an air lock and needed bleeding (messy job at the best of times, but bad on a short shoulder with heavy vehicles going by just nasty).
After that I always wondered what would happen if I had managed to hit the kill switch after the first cough?
I had to wait a long time to find out, but this morning it happened again and I hit the kill switch, pulled the clutch and coasted to a nice wide landing zone. Filled and it fired first go, needed a bit of coaxing to draw fuel but didn't need to be bled. In hindsight I should have found a level pull off place as that would have guaranteed fuel to pickup side, rather than waiting for it to equalise across. Or I could have dropped all 10 litres in, but I was missing a funnel so that wasn't going to happen. Either way killing the pump before it drew air worked. Might work for others.
Do the new ones have a tap/reserve ?
