USCANAM
Member
I did buy the 84 Interstate with 22,000 miles on it and what appears to be 4 blocked up idle circuits.
Previous owner about 12 months ago put it away with fuel in it, and now it runs on the road fine, but will not idle. Same thing I did years ago with my GL1000. Went the whole route, and cleaned the carbs.
This 1200 has full dress, so there is a lot to remove before you even get to the carbs, so hoping for a miracle, all old fuel was drained, fresh fuel was put in with a can of Seafoam. 3 days later, not much better. Added another can of Seafoam today to about 1/2 a tank, and will let it sit for 2 days. At this point, if no improvement, we'll do what we're dreading we'll have to do.
Even added 4 ounces of MMO the other day too.
Anybody dare to venture a guess as to what the odds are that the Seafoam will clean out the idle jets!!
Was really a nice day for riding here in the Cape Cod area, and it hurt to see all the bikes out today.
Regards
Jack
Previous owner about 12 months ago put it away with fuel in it, and now it runs on the road fine, but will not idle. Same thing I did years ago with my GL1000. Went the whole route, and cleaned the carbs.
This 1200 has full dress, so there is a lot to remove before you even get to the carbs, so hoping for a miracle, all old fuel was drained, fresh fuel was put in with a can of Seafoam. 3 days later, not much better. Added another can of Seafoam today to about 1/2 a tank, and will let it sit for 2 days. At this point, if no improvement, we'll do what we're dreading we'll have to do.
Even added 4 ounces of MMO the other day too.
Anybody dare to venture a guess as to what the odds are that the Seafoam will clean out the idle jets!!
Was really a nice day for riding here in the Cape Cod area, and it hurt to see all the bikes out today.
Regards
Jack