1997 gs500e with start problems HELP!

[newbie1993]

I have a major problem.. my gas tank is leaking.. I think gas ate through the metal (if that's possible) and the gas is just waterfalling out of the bottom right side of the bike.. how do I fix it?


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[Calpantera]

With that big ole hole in the tank I assume it had major rust issues, the rust could be getting to the carbs or blocking the petcock (Unless you added an inline filter) and may be the cause of the starting issues. If you open the carb drains does gas come out? I would be searching for a new tank if I were you, ebay or a bike breaker shop.

[newbie1993]

Gas does come out throught the drain when I unscrew the screw

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[newbie1993]

i went to remove my carbs and when i got them off after draining the float bowls.. Upon removing my float bowls I made a grim discovery.. im gonna attempt to get all of this substance out of the carbs and starting the bike again

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[Nahian]

If thats what the float bowls look like your jets have a chance of being already clogged, even though you just cleaned them. Check them too.

[Calpantera]

After cleaning the carbs again I suggest get some fresh gas and pour it in a funnel or something connected directly to the fuel line (bypass the tank) and see how it goes.

[newbie1993]

I am trying that but which part do I connect the funnel to?

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[newbie1993]

And my battery is dying before any progress can be made

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[newbie1993]

Can you explain how I do the gas in the funnel tank bypass thing? I'm kinda confused

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[RossLH]

Close the tank petcock, remove the fuel line from the frame petcock, and pour fuel directly into the fuel line.

[newbie1993]

Which fuel line?

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[newbie1993]

The tank is off.. it was full of rust and it sprung a leak... I'm far from good at this stuff... so sorry for all the questions

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[RossLH]

The one that goes to the carbs.

[newbie1993]

I tried that.. I set up a system with a funnel and the fuel line leading directly to the lower t-connector on the carbs.. then I tried firing it up.. and all it did was try to turn over

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[RossLH]

Just for sh!ts and giggles, rig that assembly up again and open up the float bowl drains one by one. That'll tell you if gas is getting to the float bowls.

[newbie1993]

If it is and the bike still doesn't start what's my next step?

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[Paulcet]

Clean 'em!

[newbie1993]

I cleaned them already! Twice today.. if the 3rd time isn't the charm then this bike is screwed

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[newbie1993]

Do the carbs need to the use the vacuum hose to get fuel into the carbs? Or the funnel straight to the fuel t-connector works without the vacuum hose from the carbs

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[RossLH]

You don't need vacuum to funnel fuel into the T-fitting between the carbs. The petcock is where vacuum comes into play, but in this case you're bypassing the petcock.

And if you know that fuel is getting into the bowls but not into the engine, there's a blockage somewhere between the bowls and the throttle bodies. Make sure you can see light through the jets and you can blow compressed air through the passages.