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Too much fuel from being choked out from lack of air, backfire through the carbs on de-cel, voila, fried airbox and filter. Post up in Parts wanted thread for an airbox, buy a new filter sleeve from your local dealer or on line. See BassCliff's welcome page for instructions on sealing the airbos properly once you get a non-melted one.
Just bought this one from a pawn shop last week and it did not have any power when I got it home. Ordered a carb rebuild kit and a complete gasket kit for the bike and finaly got around to tearing it down today and discovered the damage. I am thinking the same thing pods and a rejet. What did you go to.When I posted those questions here, there was not much in the way of ideas that were plausible in my situation.
There were a few that had seen it happen before and that was about it.
On my bike, it had been 100% reliable for over 6,000 miles in the EXACT condition that apparently caused the damage.
I was at a steady 70-75 cruise down the highway for over 30 miles when it stopped running.
When your speed is cut in half in less than a couple hundred feet and you are in the fast lane,
trying to get over to the shoulder, 4 lanes to your right, is quite the challenge as the cages are NOT PAYING ATTENTION and trying to kill you!
Although I had the replacement parts to repair it, I chose to just jet for pods and installed them.
Daniel
I agree. With this you will have completely rebuilt you fuel system. Go for it.
gotta coouple of leads on a new airbox but the boots are a bit pricey, but I think they may be cheaper and easier in the long run. Everyone seems to think pods are a pain on a gs. Been running them for the last 2 years on my XS11 without a hitch. Its my third XS and this is my first GS. The petcock on my gs doesn't have a lever its strictly vacuum controled and it leaks. Does anyone know if the selector type petcock is a direct replacement(all the nos petcocks seem to be selector types)? Read the welcome page and found lots of good info and will continue to refer to it, so many Thanks Basscliff.Hi,
Go back to one of your first threads HERE and go over your "mega-welcome". You'll find the maintenance lists and "how to" guides for the proper care and feeding of your GS.
If it's too inconvenient to find another airbox, then pods and a re-jet may be in order.
Thank you for your indulgence,
BassCliff
:dancing: your welcome page really is the most helpful thing I have found on the web when it comes to scooter maintence.All the GS petcocks are vacuum actuated. Your bike must be an "L" model? As far as I know, only the '80 L models had the screwdriver operated petcock. It does have two positions, On and PRIme. However, people have been replacing them with aftermarket petcocks. Question: is yours leaking and overfilling the carbs? Could be you have it on prime. Screwdriver slot vertical is PRIme, horizontal is On or Run. You might just have it in the wrong position. If you do replace it, make sure you get the right bolt spacing, it's different than the ones with a handle on them.gotta coouple of leads on a new airbox but the boots are a bit pricey, but I think they may be cheaper and easier in the long run. Everyone seems to think pods are a pain on a gs. Been running them for the last 2 years on my XS11 without a hitch. Its my third XS and this is my first GS. The petcock on my gs doesn't have a lever its strictly vacuum controled and it leaks. Does anyone know if the selector type petcock is a direct replacement(all the nos petcocks seem to be selector types)? Read the welcome page and found lots of good info and will continue to refer to it, so many Thanks Basscliff.
The tank seems to be off a 1980 bike but the bike is a 81 and I was hoping a petcock with a handle would be a diect replacement, dang it!