How to clean the Carb/Drain fuel on my Yamaha Vstar?

Question

I have a yamaha vstar that is less than a year old. Since I live in a warm climate, I thought I would ride most of the year so I didn't winterize the bike. Then we had a severe cold spell and I got hurt and now I haven't ridden in a while. I cranked it up for a ride and it stalled on me twice and now won't even idle - not even on choke.

My guess is that the carb is gummed up and I need to drain the fuel and use sea foam to clean it out but since I'm not too familiar with the process I was wondering if anyone who has a Vstar could tell me how that works. Do I just remove the fuel line from the petcock valve and let it drain that way or is there more to it? Do I need to remove the carb and soak it also or just run the sea foam through?

Any help is much appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

Sounds to me like my softail when I let it set too long. When you have to pul the choke on to get it to run, you're not getting enough fuel flowing somewhere,. It MAY be a stuck float, but just in case, here's what to do next.



If you want, just disconnect the rubber hose leading from the tank to the carb. Drain the gas into a

suitable container,



Then, put about 2 gallons of fres gas, and half a bottle of GOOD fuel injector cleaner in the tank. Get the thing fired up, and drive it around the block a few times,. If that takes care of it, you're good to go. If not, yu'll likely have to pull the jets and clean them with spray carb cleaner.

Answer 2

Yamaha V Star 1100 Carburetor

Answer 3

All yet my recent motorbike had no gauge or holiday meter. i could merely took off cap and seem. each and every particularly circumstances mandatory flashlight, so I saved a small penlite with the motorbike. Or, i could seem at odometer and have in mind ways many conventional miles i might desire to bypass, or merely holiday till she stumbled, then placed her on reserve and looked for a station. i do no longer thoroughly have faith my gauge, besides. on the stand, it flashes "reserve" , yet no longer upright. The impartial easy is inaccurate 0.5 the time, too. i stumble on impartial the previous fashoned way . If I nonetheless had my '40 seven Harley or Triumphs out here interior the wasteland, i think of i could fill them whilst i assumed approximately it. some places, this is a hundred miles between stations, so i could have crammed up at each and every place I observed. You get to be attentive to once you desire it, merely such as you get to be attentive to whilst an hour has long surpassed with the aid of. you additionally can locate an ocotillo branch and whittle it right into a dipstick...

Answer 4

unless the bike sat for an extended period of time i doubt the fuel is bad, more than likely just a stuck float needle.....tap the float bowl with the handle of a screw driver....it should unstick the needle. try reving the gas a little to try to stabilize the rpms. putting some 93 octane gas in with the mix of less than favorable gas will help it or....



if you want to drain the gas go for it....just loosen the fuel line leading to the carb....

Answer 5

I have a 1985 Yamaha XV700 that has been sitting for a year and wont start at all. I put fresh fuel in it but all it does is crank. Anyone got any ideas??