Did I flood the engine of my 1981 Suzuki GS450?

Question

I started it up fine and was warming it up for the standard 5 minutes or so and the choke was fully on. I must have messed with the choke too much, because it stalled on me and then no matter how much or little choke I used, I could not get it started again, it just sputtered. Did I flood the engine? Will it be alright tomorrow, or possibly not?

Answer 1

it will be fine. if you flooded the engine just let it sit for about an hour, and then try to start it again.

Answer 2

don't even have to let it sit overnight... na hour max....

but yeah id' say it was flooded. if it wont' start after an hour, you got problems (let it sit over night if you don't believe me, won't start then either)

Answer 3

you should be good to go after it sits overnight open up the throttle all the way when you start it next time................good luck

Answer 4

I had an 83 GS550. If it didn't fire up on the first attempt (and it almost always did) it would not start for several minutes of trying. Choke, no choke, throttle, no throttle it would just crank but not fire, I think now it was running very lean and did not have a computer assist to richen the mix for start mode. Other wise a great bike. What to go? Re jet but its gonna cost an arm and a leg.