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Old 11-04-2012, 18:22   #1
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Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

My Yamaha F8 stalls out when I give it gas, but it can be restarted immediately with 2 or 3 pulls.

I cleaned the carb.
Jets looked clean.
I cleaned the fuel pump it gave up a bit of discolored fluid as I sprayed it out with carb cleaner. The check valves seemed a little dirty too.
I replaced the engine end of my fuel line as the gasket had a tear.

After all that I still have the same problem. Any ideas?

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Old 11-04-2012, 18:47   #2
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

I would be looking at the jets and cleaning them properly
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

Check for a good seal between the carb and the intake manifold,,if you have a leak there it will act like your description.
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

Sounds like fouling from gas with ethanol that sat around. Get fresh gas. Replace the filter. Take the carburetor to a shop that will put the whole thing in an ultrasonic cleaner.

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I would be looking at the jets and cleaning them properly
What would they look like if they were dirty? They looked clean to me...
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Check for a good seal between the carb and the intake manifold,,if you have a leak there it will act like your description.
Hmm... Would I have a gas leak if that was the case?
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Old 11-04-2012, 20:03   #7
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Sounds like fouling from gas with ethanol that sat around. Get fresh gas. Replace the filter. Take the carburetor to a shop that will put the whole thing in an ultrasonic cleaner.

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I do not suspect the fuel. It's not old and it's running fine in my generator. But I did think about that too.
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

Does it run well at full throtle if you ease into it (not quick acceleration)?

If so, a weak accelerator pump.
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Well, thanks everyone for the assistance, but today the darn thing works fine. I'm going to chalk it up to a air bubble or something. We'll see how it goes I guess.


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Old 12-04-2012, 16:43   #10
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

My guess is still dirt caught in the slow speed jet in the carburetor. I'm guessing it is a 4-stroke, and that means those passages are tiny! If there is any restriction at all your fuel mixture will be off. Sometimes I have had to clean the carb more than once because some teensy piece of crud relodged in there. Absolutely need a fuel filter between the tank and the engine if you have a 4-stroke.
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

It sounds like the off idle ports are plugged.
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It sounds like the off idle ports are plugged.
I think I need a detailed diagram of a carb ...

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Well, yesterday fine. I left the tank hooked up last night.

Today, can't pull the starter.

I unhooked the tank, drained the carb, pulled the starter a few times with the run switch off and throttle wide open to drain everything.

Put it all back together and it fired right up...

Confused...
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Re: Yamaha F8 stalls but restarts immediately

To clean the carb, you must disassemble it and soak it in carb cleaner at least four hours and preferably overnight. I know it looks good after spraying it out with carb cleaner but it needs to be soaked.
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