Folks,
After scratching out what's left of my hair, I'm going to ask for help. What would cause fuel to pool up in the airbox of my '06 America?
A little background: at the end of April I started it up for the first time this season to take it to the shop for inspection. It ran great even after sitting since October, no problems. Being the fool I am, I negelcted to turn off the fuel valve when I got home.
A month later (May 22) I go to ride it to work and it starts hard, won't idle unless I hold the throttle, and has no power. I thought it might improve as it warmed up, so I took off with it. I get about 4 miles from home and it quits completely; I need to call a tow truck to get it home. (It was my birthday and I darned well wasn't going to push it home.)
That weekend I thought I'd check the air filter since we'd had a lot of windblown fluff in the air from some trees in the neighborhood. I thought it might have clogged the filter. When I removed the air screen, the airbox was full of fuel. I siphoned out about a pint and a half.
Any ideas?
Dave
