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I've been reading the forum for a few months now. Love it. Bought my P1K5 the end of January. Just turned over 1200 miles this weekend. At 1100 miles we were out camping in the desert and had been riding for about 3 hours in the 90 degree heat. Nothing crazy. Turned off the machine. had been smelling gas for about an hour. Thought maybe it was my new Rotopax tank leaking so I emptied it into the rig. Probably topped it off too much. Took off again, the gas smell never went away and after about an hour the machine sputtered and shut off. I tried to crank it and wouldn't start. Turned the ignition off and back on and it started right up. Drove Mile or so and died again. Turned ignition off and back on and cranked it up again. Never had a problem starting after turning ignition off then back on. No sputters. This went on 4-5 times before I finally stopped and let it sit and cool down for over half hour. Fired right up and never had a problem the rest of the day.
I talked to the dealer where I bought it the next week and they said it was a vapor lock due to filling it up too full while it was so hot. I knew I filled it too full and believed what they said and went on driving my P1K5 like normal around town. Never had a problem in the few miles we put on daily. Then this weekend came around and all my family was in town for the Holliday weekend. We had a good ride planned out and 20 miles into the ride my machine shut down again. Very embarrassing. Didn't fill it up too full. No gas smell like the previous time. I had run a full tank of new fuel in it since the last episode. I let it sit for half hour after attempting to drive it after 3-4 attempts of letting the machine only sit for 10-15 minutes. It took the full half hour before running normal but only for another hour before doing it again. And again. I turned around and brought it home. Then began to try to figure it out. Checked the air filter. Perfectly clean. Pulled the fuel pump out the tank. Checked it all over to see if dirty. Flushed out a little sand specs sitting in the bottom by the self cleaning filter. Siphoned out the gas in the tank. Put new gas. Installed the pump unit and started up. Everything seemed fine at first but now has since shut down 3-4 times. No warning. As few as only driving couple miles. Very frustrated. I've searched and read as much as I can before posting this in hopes that someone has had a similar problem and I can diagnose it from their posts. Can't find anything. Will call the dealer tomorrow but not feeling very hopeful. Thanks for any help. Sorry so long. Tried to describe the best I can.
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I talked to the dealer where I bought it the next week and they said it was a vapor lock due to filling it up too full while it was so hot. I knew I filled it too full and believed what they said and went on driving my P1K5 like normal around town. Never had a problem in the few miles we put on daily. Then this weekend came around and all my family was in town for the Holliday weekend. We had a good ride planned out and 20 miles into the ride my machine shut down again. Very embarrassing. Didn't fill it up too full. No gas smell like the previous time. I had run a full tank of new fuel in it since the last episode. I let it sit for half hour after attempting to drive it after 3-4 attempts of letting the machine only sit for 10-15 minutes. It took the full half hour before running normal but only for another hour before doing it again. And again. I turned around and brought it home. Then began to try to figure it out. Checked the air filter. Perfectly clean. Pulled the fuel pump out the tank. Checked it all over to see if dirty. Flushed out a little sand specs sitting in the bottom by the self cleaning filter. Siphoned out the gas in the tank. Put new gas. Installed the pump unit and started up. Everything seemed fine at first but now has since shut down 3-4 times. No warning. As few as only driving couple miles. Very frustrated. I've searched and read as much as I can before posting this in hopes that someone has had a similar problem and I can diagnose it from their posts. Can't find anything. Will call the dealer tomorrow but not feeling very hopeful. Thanks for any help. Sorry so long. Tried to describe the best I can.
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