Gixxer cutting out after 3 Miles :(

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Hope any of you can help me?

When i start her up she runs perfect, when i drive it perfect! But after about 3 miles she cuts out like you run out of petrol. Before you ask YES there is petrol
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When it stops i can hear the fuelpomp and it will start after about 30 sec's like nothing is wrong and than after 3 miles same thing.

Here's what i've done so far:
-Drove it with fuelcap open to see if airvent is blocked- no joy
-Had fuelhose of carbs and started her up to see if petrol kept flowing- yes it did!
-Drained the carbs and there was some water and dirt in it but not to much.
After i drained it i emptied out the tank and filled her with new fresh petrol. and sprayed carb cleaner into the carbs from the top where the airbox goes on.


So any one an idea?

Thanks
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[HIGHSIDER]

-Drained the carbs and there was some water and dirt in it but not to much.

Is there dirt in the tank? Did you check?

[N11 EXPRESS]

Thing with gixxers is if it's blue and white ya have to keep telling all your mates my bike is faster than yours otherwise they dont go right

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Originally Posted by HIGHSIDER

-Drained the carbs and there was some water and dirt in it but not to much.

Is there dirt in the tank? Did you check?

I checked and there was no dirt in the fuel i drained from the tank, so i gues not!

[LittleBlackBlade]

water wil not work its way out of carbs you need to do a full strip.

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Originally Posted by LittleBlackBlade

water wil not work its way out of carbs you need to do a full strip.

But what i don't understand is why would it drive good for 3 miles?

[LittleBlackBlade]

Originally Posted by INTRUDER

But what i don't understand is why would it drive good for 3 miles?

first things first what bike is this on?

water will sit under petrol till it moves about, thats why tanks will rot away from the inside out the petrol floats on the water

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Originally Posted by LittleBlackBlade

first things first what bike is this on?

water will sit under petrol till it moves about, thats why tanks will rot away from the inside out the petrol floats on the water

1999 gsxr 600 srad

[Airmax95]

jus stop every 2 miles
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[skelliser]

petcock?

[HEATZ]

sounds like your fuel pumps not working under load or you have a kinked pipe under the tank thats letting enough through to fill the carbs when the engines off but not enough to keep it running

[LittleBlackBlade]

tanks are forever rotting out of them..
carbs give loads of hassle too..
make sure that tank is ok and clean inside and all the lines are free etc..

[bikes]

Originally Posted by INTRUDER

1999 gsxr 600 srad

Had the exact same problem years ago with an srad,there is a filter inside the fuel line heading to the carbs,I took it out and it fixed the problem.It used stop at least 3 times on the way to work

[Toe Cutter]

Was bike stored for winter? Ifso empty fuel out of tank and replace with fresh fuel also give carbs stripdown and clean.

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Originally Posted by bikes

Had the exact same problem years ago with an srad,there is a filter inside the fuel line heading to the carbs,I took it out and it fixed the problem.It used stop at least 3 times on the way to work

That filter is not in there! so that's not it!

Just drained a carb again and still water in it. Shal i just take the carbs off and clean them?

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Originally Posted by Toe Cutter

Was bike stored for winter? Ifso empty fuel out of tank and replace with fresh fuel also give carbs stripdown and clean.

Yeah it was but with very little petrol in it so used up what was in there and filled her up fully. i have drained the whole tank and flushed it with fresh petrol.

Think i'll just take the carbs off and clean them

[LittleBlackBlade]

found water,,,, just strip them it wont come out any other way!
get yourself a can of carb cleaner to blow out all the jets and channels..
then find out where its coming from.
you might wanna drain the tank it could be fucked!

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Originally Posted by LittleBlackBlade

found water,,,, just strip them it wont come out any other way!
get yourself a can of carb cleaner to blow out all the jets and channels..
then find out where its coming from.
you might wanna drain the tank it could be fucked!

Thanks a mil!! Now to find a philips head long enough
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[Toe Cutter]

Originally Posted by INTRUDER

Yeah it was but with very little petrol in it so used up what was in there and filled her up fully. i have drained the whole tank and flushed it with fresh petrol.

Think i'll just take the carbs off and clean them

Might want to also cheak out tank for corrosion/rust as this could become regular occurance if not sorted, If storing bike up for few months worth filling up to prevent condinsation entering tank when bike off road.
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[Interceptor]

Fit an inline filter if there isn't one - save yourself getting gunk from the tank into the carbs on older bikes.

'cpt