| Author | Message | ||
     Randy_spann |
For carb not fuel injection. On my M2, reserve does not get filtered by the screen in the petcock. Always have trouble if I go on 'reserve'. | ||
| Daveswan |
whoa, I didn't know that. My M2 only runs on reserve. I've been meaning to pull the petcock and check the screen for debris. I haven't had any problem running on reserve but now I think I'll make fixing the petcock, or replacing it a higher priority. | ||
| Buell_bert |
I would look at that again and I do believe they both are inside the screen. I've had a few apart. Mine are 2000-2001 M2's. | ||
| Ratbuell |
Both should run through a filter, main and reserve. Screen goes all the way down. If yours doesn't, there's a hole somewhere...or it was "modified" for some reason. | ||
| Jayvee |
Wow, I didn't know there was one "built-in". I had a stuck float valve once, leaking gasoline all over, the drivers next to me got nervous. I sprayed carb cleaner in the float valve, worked great. SO, I bought a little K&N plastic in-line filter, for about $5 and spliced it into the fuel line a few inches down from the petcock. Haven't noticed anything, good or bad, about it since then. (I guess that's how it's supposed to be.) Now I learn that's redundant. | ||
| Sleez |
i ran an inline filter for awhile, it must have gotten dirty, because it would die at higher rpm, thought i had some other issues!! pulled the filter (replaced with barb fitting) and runs fine!! guess i need to clean it out more often!! | ||
| Rjn |
First of all i think the petcock should have a filter screen all the way down. So normal and reserve. I've also had some issues with fuel problems and had the bike running with a EFI fuel filter for a while. This works for a couple of hundred miles and than it'll block up. but this is good way to filter out the fine debry in the fueltank. Now i've got an small inline fuel filter and have no more problems. Don't think it's necessary, but it's just for my state of mind. I now know what happens of debry gets in your carb and sticks on the gas needle.  Than a inline fuel filter is a cheap way to prevent this !!  | ||
| Buell_bert |
I agree an inline fuel filter is a must have now and they are cheap and keep the crud out of the carb. It is a lot easier to change the filter than rip the carb apart and clean it. | ||
| Rich |
Might be redundant, but I've run one for years. The screens on the petcocks aren't the finest. (Message edited by Rich on July 31, 2010) |
