I have 2007 tour deluxe that wouldn't start yesterday when I needed to leave work to head home. The starter would engage but the engine appeared to be locked up. I towed it home and started by pulling the seat and tank to access the plugs. The first one, left rear cyl, had fuel dripping off it. The other 3 were dry. I hit the starter and it blew a bunch of fuel out iog the cylinder. I put the plugs back in and it started and ran fine on the fuel in the carbs.
Earlier in the day yesterday a coworker pointed out fuel dripping from that carb. i always turn the petcock off. Just a habit for many years. Anyway, put it all back together and rode about 20 mlles and everything seems fine. Here's a little history. About 1,000 miles ago my original fuel pump quit. I found in this forum i could replace it with an aftermarket pump from an autoparts store so I installed a Mr Gasket part number 42S. The only other symptom has been some popping from the exhaust at idle. I have Baron 4-2-4 Nasties mufflers. The sound is a "pop....pop.pop. pop......pop" and stops with any amount of throttle applied. Whenever I hear this I add a can of Sea Foam and it seems to correct it.
Any ideas why I had a cylindeer full of fuel? Do I need to switch to the factory fuel pump?
