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Yestarday i posted about being a jack#@$ and putting diesel in my 94 suzuki intruder . I drained the tank from the hose at the carburetor. I have not messed with the carb i put the RIGHT fuel in and have been trying to start it and its not turning over. Does anyone have any advice about getting it started. I've only got so many more tries before the battery is toast. Thanks.

If i knew how to drain the carburetor i would, but if anyone has this model the carb is so far inside the bike its almost impossible to mess with, without taking off the seat, and air cleaner.

there'll be a screw in the side of the bottom of the float bowl...

once you do this and have good gas in it, take out the plugs and clean them because they'll be oily

and use A LOT of starting fluid (ether).

good luck
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Then it's off with the seat, aircleaner, tank, signal lights, whatever's in the way. You (or somebody) has got to get that diesel out of the floatbowl somehow and get fresh gasoline in there before it's going to run safely.

If you really wanna redneck it, remove the spark plugs, apply the choke, hold the throttle wide open and run it over on the starter until all the diesel has been sucked from the carb and spit out the plug holes. I'm not sure exactly with your bike, But I would expect this to take a good deal of turning. Not great for the starter (mind you, it doesn't have compression to work against) and the battery. It don't sound like you got the battery left to try this.

Pulling the plugs for a good inspection, cleaning and re-gapping is also a real good idea after running diesel through your engine.

Removing the seat and air cleaner can't be all that hard, can it?

no its not hard at all. Its just dealing with the carburetor i was afraid of. I need to learn though its what i want to do for a living so. Thanks for the help i got it up and running. Peace.

Cool, you got it runnin'.

If you're lookin' to get into the bike repair biz, an exellent starter course is to get a good service manual for your bike, and take it apart. Then put it back together. One thing at a time, as you feel up for it. Good pratice for technique and familiarization. It's easier to spot a problem if you know how it should look and feel when it's not buggered.

Then get your buddy drunk some night, and tear into his bike before he sobers up enough to care.....

Stay away from my bike.

Stay sober, Skooter.

BuzZz wrote:Stay sober, Skooter.

Good thing I can't afford to drink... and know how to put my bike back together.

I should change my tag to skooter.