How do I prime fuel pump on a2004 buell firebolt

[blue11b]

Hi I need some help, someone gave me some bad gas so I tried to siphon the tank and couldn't so I pulled the drain plug. It sat overnight because I couldn't find the the plug witch had fell into a groove. I put a gallon of gas and now the bike wont start. all the systems are working I hear the pump start, it cranks, but its not pulling gas. Do I need to prime something, and if so how do I prime it? Youtube is no help

 

[Cooter]

There shouldn't be any need to prime it. Try adding more than one gallon. What was the original problem?

 

[Chicknstripn]

I'm with Cooter on this one. If you can hear the fuel pump when you turn the key to on and do the same with the kill switch.. ...that's the pump priming.
What led you to believe you had bad gas?

 

[blue11b]

The day after I put the fule in the bike it started to pop like I was in a shoot out and didn't maintain throttle pluses it kept cutting off. This happen a for few days befor I pulled the fuel plug. I think that it might have been mixed with water or it was diesel fuel

 

[ztied]

Change plugs also, like they said above on fuel pump, just turn key on if you hear it then its priming

 

[blue11b]

I will ad more gas when I get home and go from there

 

[user_deleted]

affirmative on the plugs. keep in mind these XB's run a large fuel charge into the motors on cold-start cycle. if you have repeatedly tried to start the bike....and the plugs already have some wear on them.....chances are excellent the plugs are soaked with fuel and fouled. switch to NGK DCPR9EIX iridiums. $6 each on the net and your XB will thank you for them.

 

[AZmidget91]

I would check the fuel pressure. Perhaps the problem you had to start with was a bad fuel pump.

 

[Cooter]

I'm with this guy^^^^. Check the pressure, and pull the pump. Look for chaffed wires and/or a hole in the internal fuel 'u'-bend hose.