Hi folks!
I got my GPZ500S '92 (~20.000km) about this time last year, and it ran great the whole season. It spent 3 months in a garage during the winter, and since then it's been acting up. I changed a sparkplug, and it ran great for about a month or so - then it broke down.
This is what happens: the engine stops firing on the right side, and gasoline starts running out the carbs. The local Kawasaki dealer took a look at it, but was ready to give up on it (now this apparently is a _really_ lousy mechanic) but changed the sparkplugs and reconfigured something (that needed some vacuum-thing) and it ran for another two weeks.
.. then it broke down again. I came back, and after a bit of convincing, he decided to accept more money from me (aargh?!) and check out the carbs. He found nothing out of the ordinary, but after this the bike ran fine for a couple of weeks.
.. then it broke down again. I thought it was time to get a new mechanic, and since I was all out of Kawasaki dealers in town, I talked a Yamaha mechanic into taking a look at it. He messed around with the carbs for a couple of hours, and told me that he'd "fixed the float-thingy". I didn't really care what he fixed, because the bike ran again. I rode a couple of hundred km's on it, and a few hours ago it started spewing gasoline again.
My mechanic budget is seriously blown for this year, so I expect this will come down to me, a screwdriver, a wrench and my Haynes manual. My question now is this; has anyone experienced a similar problem, and do you have any advice? Maybe a checklist of some kind?
I'm kinda desperate!
Cheers.
(Note: right sparkplug soddy - left one nice and white)
(Edit: GPz500S == EX500A)
I got my GPZ500S '92 (~20.000km) about this time last year, and it ran great the whole season. It spent 3 months in a garage during the winter, and since then it's been acting up. I changed a sparkplug, and it ran great for about a month or so - then it broke down.
This is what happens: the engine stops firing on the right side, and gasoline starts running out the carbs. The local Kawasaki dealer took a look at it, but was ready to give up on it (now this apparently is a _really_ lousy mechanic) but changed the sparkplugs and reconfigured something (that needed some vacuum-thing) and it ran for another two weeks.
.. then it broke down again. I came back, and after a bit of convincing, he decided to accept more money from me (aargh?!) and check out the carbs. He found nothing out of the ordinary, but after this the bike ran fine for a couple of weeks.
.. then it broke down again. I thought it was time to get a new mechanic, and since I was all out of Kawasaki dealers in town, I talked a Yamaha mechanic into taking a look at it. He messed around with the carbs for a couple of hours, and told me that he'd "fixed the float-thingy". I didn't really care what he fixed, because the bike ran again. I rode a couple of hundred km's on it, and a few hours ago it started spewing gasoline again.
My mechanic budget is seriously blown for this year, so I expect this will come down to me, a screwdriver, a wrench and my Haynes manual. My question now is this; has anyone experienced a similar problem, and do you have any advice? Maybe a checklist of some kind?
I'm kinda desperate!
Cheers.
(Note: right sparkplug soddy - left one nice and white)
(Edit: GPz500S == EX500A)