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Berg tipped upside down and hard to start

Joined Jun 2008
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I hear that when the bergs go upside down, that oil gets into the air box and they're hard to start?
How does this happen and what is the solution? Or how do you go about starting them after this happens? I'm thinking 08 berg.
 
Read under "Engine breather" on this page.

Basically, you stop the crankcase vent from routing to your air box and just vent it to the atmosphere through a filter. Husabutt had some great photos of the mod that can be found here. Although a different gen of bike, it gives you a good idea of what you're trying to do.

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In case this happens before you make the changes that Schwim listed, or if you decide not to do those changes here's how to get yourself going again.

If it does happen, remove the air cleaner and see how much oil is in the boot, usually you can sop up what's in there with a rag. However if there is a lot remove the hose clamp that holds the boot onto the carb, and pinch the boot to allow a gap to form around the bottom of the boot to allow the oil to drain out.

Remove the spark plug, hold down the kill button-very important, and kick the bike through with the throttle held wide open until no more vapor is seen coming out of the plug hole. Replace the plug with a new one, or use a little gasolline from the tank to clean the old one and the bike should start.

It has also been my observation that if you can place the front wheel slightly higher than the rear so that any remaining oil that has entered the main and pilot air jets to run back into the boot when you are attempting to start the bike.
 

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