Hello,
A couple weeks ago, I made the unfortunate mistake of letting my BX24 run out of fuel. The problem that resulted is that it will start and run every time, but it will intermittently lose power. This can be seen in the Tach gauge by going from full throttle of approximatley 3500 rpm down below 2000 rpm. It does this sporadically and I would guess that it is once a minute. When the RPMs dips, the engine will not stall, but will take 5-20 seconds to work its way out and get back to full throttle.
When I discovered this issue, my immediate thought was to bleed the fuel system once I put new fuel into it. I did this by following the manual and other posts and youtube videos. To do the bleeding, I did the following:
Opened the bolt above the fuel filter before the pistons to bleed air. Cranked engine until fuel came out of the bolt.
Cracked the bolts at the pistons individually and cranked the engine until fuel came out of each line. Once this was done, the problem persisted.
After bleeding the system several times, I decided to change both fuel filters and even ensure that they were as full as possible with fuel before I reinstalled them. I of course went through the bleeding process again, but the problem persisted.
So my question - am I missing something on the bleeding process or is there something else wrong? Is it possibly my fuel pump that is damaged at this point?
Thanks,
Matt
A couple weeks ago, I made the unfortunate mistake of letting my BX24 run out of fuel. The problem that resulted is that it will start and run every time, but it will intermittently lose power. This can be seen in the Tach gauge by going from full throttle of approximatley 3500 rpm down below 2000 rpm. It does this sporadically and I would guess that it is once a minute. When the RPMs dips, the engine will not stall, but will take 5-20 seconds to work its way out and get back to full throttle.
When I discovered this issue, my immediate thought was to bleed the fuel system once I put new fuel into it. I did this by following the manual and other posts and youtube videos. To do the bleeding, I did the following:
Opened the bolt above the fuel filter before the pistons to bleed air. Cranked engine until fuel came out of the bolt.
Cracked the bolts at the pistons individually and cranked the engine until fuel came out of each line. Once this was done, the problem persisted.
After bleeding the system several times, I decided to change both fuel filters and even ensure that they were as full as possible with fuel before I reinstalled them. I of course went through the bleeding process again, but the problem persisted.
So my question - am I missing something on the bleeding process or is there something else wrong? Is it possibly my fuel pump that is damaged at this point?
Thanks,
Matt