1 '88 K75 stalling out Sun Jun 19, 2022 7:14 pm
TimK100
active member
Hello Gents,
I recently purchased a 1988 K75S. upon riding it home, it seemed to bog down and stall out. It wouldn't start right backup( it would crank and crank, but not catch.) After a few minutes of sitting, it would start back up and run like a champ, high speeds, low speeds. After about 5 to 8 minutes the same thing would happen. this happened 4 or 5 times, then it ran great for about 60 miles, stopped for gas, ran fine another 20 miles home. Now I've ridden it a couple of times briefly without incident, then it started doing it again. I thought at first it seemed like a fuel issue getting cut off or something like that. I thought I would start by replacing the fuel filter, so I drained the tank and replaced that. Realizing there was some crud in the bottom of the tank, I cleaned that out pretty thoroughly. I noticed some slight cracking in on of the fuel lines, so I replaced them all while I had the tank off. In removing the air box to replace the lines to the fuel pressure regulator, I noticed the air filter itself was fairly dirty and almost seemed moldy and damp. I replaced the air filter and thought maybe it could have been not getting adequate air intake. After putting it all back together I rode it around for a few minutes and thought maybe I had resolved these issues. I went to take it out for a ride this morning, and I couldn't even keep it running long enough to get it out of the drive. I was wondering if anybody had any other thoughts on this. Could the fuel pump be shutting down, or the screen on the fuel pump intake be clogged? I would greatly appreciate any input.
Thanks,
Tim K.
I recently purchased a 1988 K75S. upon riding it home, it seemed to bog down and stall out. It wouldn't start right backup( it would crank and crank, but not catch.) After a few minutes of sitting, it would start back up and run like a champ, high speeds, low speeds. After about 5 to 8 minutes the same thing would happen. this happened 4 or 5 times, then it ran great for about 60 miles, stopped for gas, ran fine another 20 miles home. Now I've ridden it a couple of times briefly without incident, then it started doing it again. I thought at first it seemed like a fuel issue getting cut off or something like that. I thought I would start by replacing the fuel filter, so I drained the tank and replaced that. Realizing there was some crud in the bottom of the tank, I cleaned that out pretty thoroughly. I noticed some slight cracking in on of the fuel lines, so I replaced them all while I had the tank off. In removing the air box to replace the lines to the fuel pressure regulator, I noticed the air filter itself was fairly dirty and almost seemed moldy and damp. I replaced the air filter and thought maybe it could have been not getting adequate air intake. After putting it all back together I rode it around for a few minutes and thought maybe I had resolved these issues. I went to take it out for a ride this morning, and I couldn't even keep it running long enough to get it out of the drive. I was wondering if anybody had any other thoughts on this. Could the fuel pump be shutting down, or the screen on the fuel pump intake be clogged? I would greatly appreciate any input.
Thanks,
Tim K.