| Author | Message | ||
     Rek |
Up until a couple days ago I've been steady struggling w/ the moisture induced problems on my '00 S3T; it runs rougher than poop, fouls the plugs w/in a few miles and drips raw fuel out the exhaust. I even loaded it into the pickup for the 380 mile trip to the dealer. They kept it for a day and a half and then ordered a new Oxy sensor for me. I installed the new sensor, fired her up and no change whatsoever. Grrrrr. Then three things happened that brought the soulution all together. 1) I found a factory service manual on ebay. 2) I bought an engine code thing-a-majig and used it. 3) I sat down and studied the problem carefully and Ta-Dah! Turns out the headers on my bike had been cracked and rewelded in two places and when I hit the torrential downpour all the cold water must've broke the welds open again, thus fooling the Oxy sensors and causing the bike to run extremely rich. A new (used) set of $80 stock headers and we're back on the road, no check engine light flashing and no more running like a peice of fecal matter. I'm so proud of myself. Being a neophyte Bueller and not much into wrenching I usually just take all my problems to town and let someone else deal w/ it. But since the nearest dealer is a six-hour drive and neither of the two independent shops in town will touch a HD or Buell I had to do it myself. Maybe I've started a new trend here? | ||
| Todd_martin |
Congratulations. I always hear people state all the reasons they can not fix something themselves. This is even more true when the vehicle adds a computer. You prove again that you can. Isn't so much more satisfying when you figure it out yourself. Nice Job | ||
| Rek |
Thx Todd, now if I can just convince my wife that all these extra "toys" I bought to support my newfound dealership indepenence are worthwhile investments (along w/ the 2,300 sf shop I'm renovating)  ) we'll be okay. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Rek... very cool! Add one of Court's proverbial milk crates to that nice new shop for this sort of activity in the future... | ||
| Bomber |
Rek Good for you! it's a great feeling, isn't it? all -- see this months Cycle for the column by Cameron (sp?) . . . .he speaks to this very topic, and, as always, insightfully and eloquantly | ||
| Doughnut |
it runs rougher than poop Have you tried fiber?  | ||
| Henrik |
Rek - congratulations. You did it exactly right: Bought the manual, read the manual, and armed with newfound knowledge (and nice new tools  ) you found and fixed the problem. Good feeling, ain't it  Henrik Bomber beat me to it. (Message edited by Henrik on September 03, 2004) | ||
| Easy_rider |
Ditto what Henrik said....and Bomber...and Reepi and Todd. And you used your brain. If you weren't so far away you'd be my new dealer! |
