i was out riding today and I ran out of gas. But before I knew I had run out my blaster got like stuck wide open. Wouldn’t shut off even with switch and key. Eventually I stalled it by throwing it in gear. Is this “Normal” when you’ve run out of gas but still have the oil injecting into the carb?
Wide open throttle help
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Totally normal. As it runs out of gas it goes lean (not enough fuel), lean = heat, to the point that the spark plug gets red hot and acts like a glow plug (think RC car)
This is also known as Auto-ignition
This is also known as Auto-ignition
Only three ways to stop a runaway. Stall it, cover carb intake, rip carb off.
Pulling plug wire will do nothing,
Pulling plug wire will do nothing,
Yeah this happened to me. Scary as heck. Got a blaster for 900 bucks and just needed a woodruff key to start.had just fix a fuel leak from the petcock too so I was keeping minimal fuel in it. Once it kicked over and I was working on other stuff I would let it idle in the driveway and go inside for short periods.
Luckily I could hear the high RPM’s from inside cuz she was screaming when I came out. Panic mode set in when the kill switch wouldn’t work. I was waiting for it blow up any second and didn’t know whether to duck for cover or start yanking wires and fuel lines. Luckily I knew enough to drop it in gear and it was a relief and close call. Maybe even drop it into 2nd or higher to be safe
This is something I think everyone should be aware of and should be on an orange tag riveted to the plastic lol.
Worst case I would have a junk top end I couldn’t sell cuz I’m swapping it out for a big bore anyway
Still something every blaster owner should be aware of. Glad I learned my lesson early before I dropped my full rebuild on it
Luckily I could hear the high RPM’s from inside cuz she was screaming when I came out. Panic mode set in when the kill switch wouldn’t work. I was waiting for it blow up any second and didn’t know whether to duck for cover or start yanking wires and fuel lines. Luckily I knew enough to drop it in gear and it was a relief and close call. Maybe even drop it into 2nd or higher to be safe
This is something I think everyone should be aware of and should be on an orange tag riveted to the plastic lol.
Worst case I would have a junk top end I couldn’t sell cuz I’m swapping it out for a big bore anyway
Still something every blaster owner should be aware of. Glad I learned my lesson early before I dropped my full rebuild on it
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