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Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Phil, Mar 22, 2008.

  1. Phil

    Phil Member

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    Good evening all,

    Last Saturday morning I went out to work on my wonderful little XJ650J. The first thing that happened was that the fuel selector that wasn't supposed to allow fuel to flow when the engine was off brilliantly allowed fuel to flow. This is the result. No more motorcycles for me. I put a lot of effort and money in this project and I'm really sick about this. I really recommend getting rid of the stock fuel selector and putting a standard selector with "on", "off", and "reserve" in its place.

    Now I've got a lot of new parts and tools to get rid of but I really don't want to look at them yet. This just sickens me.

    Cheers,

    Phil







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    Phil, Mar 22, 2008
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    My sympathies, I dont really know what else to say. Dang...
     
    gmb66, Mar 22, 2008
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    Oh my ....
     
    argh1961, Mar 22, 2008
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    ****. You were out working on it when it happened? Hope that you and your's are alright.
     
    Marko, Mar 22, 2008
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    My condolences. I hope no one was physically injured. I know emotionally and financially it's going to take a while to get over this. Just don't let it put you off riding permanently.
     
    TSizemore3, Mar 22, 2008
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    Wow! That REALLY sucks. I hope you're okay. With all the damage to the car and bike, I'm surprised it didn't burn the roof off the garage.
     
    Gamuru, Mar 22, 2008
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    Holy crap Phil. Thats for sure a bad event. I sure hope your insurance and all is up to date. Will still be a pain for sure to get things back in order and all but financially you'll eventually be square.

    Do know what the ignition source was?
     
    MonkeyWrench, Mar 23, 2008
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    Sorry to see that mate hope every one is ok the first thing i do when i get a bike with the silly feul tap on is replace them
     
    slickonline, Mar 23, 2008
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    That is just wrong. I feel your pain and you have my condolences.
    Bikes, cars and buildings are replaceable. Lives on the other hand, are not. It's good to know everyone is OK.
     
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    Sorry man,
    That really sucks, I hope no one was hurt. Hopefully things will get better for you.
    Mac
     
    MACDBF, Mar 23, 2008
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    Sorry to see that Phil, hope everything works out as best it can given the situation.
     
    Ace_Frehley, Mar 23, 2008
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    Holy Shit, man! Serious sympathy. What a shame.

    -AM
     
    AnejoMofo, Mar 23, 2008
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    Phil! NO! Not after we got that tach working!!!! Argghh! It's all replaceable but I'm glad you are safe. I am just sickened by this... I do hope you had an extinguisher handy...
     
    Robert, Mar 24, 2008
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    wow.
     
    turbobike, Mar 24, 2008
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    glad to hear nobody was hurt also,,,you would think these vacuum valves would be outlawed really,,,,,you maybe helping others avoid this,pics make it real,,,,
     
    dburnettesr, Mar 24, 2008
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  16. TIMEtoRIDE

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    Sorry for your loss Phil. I've had fuel system related car fires (5) where my engineering was "inadequate".

    Could you take the time to explain what happened in more detail?
    Almost all XJ ers are running the same factory tap, and re-building it seems to be more popular than replacing it. Also adding a cheap cut-off to a malfunctioning valve is done ( mine). Replacing with a new ON-OFF-RES seems to be an unpopular fix.

    I don't mean to rub you the wrong way on this, just a better explanation may help prevent more fires.
     
    TIMEtoRIDE, Mar 26, 2008
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    first off, sorry for what happened and its good that no one was hurt. but i was wondering what exactly happened as well. i had a leaking petcock and replaced it with an exact oem replacement part. i also have an extra cutoff switch in place just in case.
     
    fonz, Mar 26, 2008
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