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Ok so yesterday I was going out for a ride but I got to the end of my street and my bike dies on me. I push it over to the side of the road and try starting it again but it just dies after a few seconds. So I decided to just push it back home and have a good look at it but can't seem to see anything obviously wrong.
At first we thought it could just be a pinched fuel line but after taking the tank off and having a good look inside all the lines and filter look fine. My friends Dad is pretty handy with bikes so he came round and had a look at it. He thinks it's either water in the fuel lines/bowls or dirt on the lines/bowls.
So we keep trying to start it up to clear the lines but the battery eventually dies. We then take it out onto the road and try to jump start it. It begins to turn over but then just dies.
So I called the RAC and after a 2 and a half hour wait the guy comes, has a quick look at it and says that this is neither the time(9.30pm) or the place(the footpath outside my house) to start taking it apart to find out whats wrong. So he gives me a towing voucher and says to take it to a mechanic.
Now I don't know about you but I thought that the RAC were meant to get you going again. Not make you wait for ages and then tell you that you have to get someone else to do it. I think the guy just wanted to go home.
So I called the RAC again today and they sent a guy to come look at it. So he comes and actually has a decent look at it and after hearing the strange sound it makes plus lack of suction through air intake and maybe fuel lines tells me he thinks it's probably that the timing belt has skipped and that I will need to get a proper mechanic to look at it and fix it.
CURSE YOU NOT VERY HELPFUL RAC!!!!!!
So I have been given two theories as to what it might be.
1. Water or dirt in the fuel lines/bowls.
2. Timing belt has skipped.
Can anyone suggest any other reasons for the problem and/or how to fix it? All input will be much appreciated.
I really need my bike running because it's way too hot to keep mountain biking everywhere.
Please help
At first we thought it could just be a pinched fuel line but after taking the tank off and having a good look inside all the lines and filter look fine. My friends Dad is pretty handy with bikes so he came round and had a look at it. He thinks it's either water in the fuel lines/bowls or dirt on the lines/bowls.
So we keep trying to start it up to clear the lines but the battery eventually dies. We then take it out onto the road and try to jump start it. It begins to turn over but then just dies.
So I called the RAC and after a 2 and a half hour wait the guy comes, has a quick look at it and says that this is neither the time(9.30pm) or the place(the footpath outside my house) to start taking it apart to find out whats wrong. So he gives me a towing voucher and says to take it to a mechanic.
Now I don't know about you but I thought that the RAC were meant to get you going again. Not make you wait for ages and then tell you that you have to get someone else to do it. I think the guy just wanted to go home.
So I called the RAC again today and they sent a guy to come look at it. So he comes and actually has a decent look at it and after hearing the strange sound it makes plus lack of suction through air intake and maybe fuel lines tells me he thinks it's probably that the timing belt has skipped and that I will need to get a proper mechanic to look at it and fix it.
CURSE YOU NOT VERY HELPFUL RAC!!!!!!
So I have been given two theories as to what it might be.
1. Water or dirt in the fuel lines/bowls.
2. Timing belt has skipped.
Can anyone suggest any other reasons for the problem and/or how to fix it? All input will be much appreciated.
I really need my bike running because it's way too hot to keep mountain biking everywhere.
Please help
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