| Author | Message | ||
     Buell_rider_2003 |
i was riding home from dealer open house and bike would not idol 2003 lighting xb9s and check engine light would come on and when i reached 40 miles and hour light would go off. got home set bike on side stand bike idol like new. stand bike up stalled would not start for 3 days ran bike for 15 miles started to idol poorly again any ideas????? | ||
| Rek |
I personally think it's WRONG to make your bike into an idol. Even the bible says so. "Thou shalt have no graven images before me." Instead you should seek counciling from your minister, or say 17,000 Hail Marys, whichever provides the best absolution. Rob | ||
| Iamike |
Mike, You have the advantage in troubleshooting of having the problem change when the instance changes. Look at what's happening on the bike when you put the kickstand down or when it is leaned over. Does it idle ok with the stand up but the bike leaned over? You most likely have something loose like a plug wire or injector lead that is causing it to fire on just one cyclinder. Try wiggling things while it is on the stand and idling. If something is loose it should act up then. Don't grab the plug leads with your bare hands while it's running though. I've done that before. I have found that the more you learn how to fix bikes yourself, the less likely that you'll ever get stranded on the road. | ||
| Buell_rider_2003 |
i have checked the plug wires battery grounds been thru the maintance manual over and over there was nothing to say about injector wires you just may be onto something on my way outside now to check that thanks for the info i will let ya know and you are correct mike the more you know the less your stranded | ||
| Cataract2 |
Could the bank angle sensor be going on it? | ||
| Buell_rider_2003 |
nope not the bank angle sensor it was the rear fuel injector wiggled the wires going to the rear injector and the condition got worse fixed the connection been riding all day thanks Iamike | ||
| Unibear12r |
Cool, thats one to remember. | ||
| Iamike |
I had a loose connection at my fuel pump that caused the low fuel light to come on all the time. After that I started taking apart every connector and squirting a little no-ox grease in each one. It worked great until I broke the lead off of the head temp sensor and didn't realize it. It also caused the type of problem you described. | ||
| Buell_rider_2003 |
when i disconnected the lead to the injector it seemed the wire was routed wrong caused chaffing on the wire fixed the connection what an easy fix thanks a bunch for your ideas mike off to work i go now on my buell | ||
| Iamike |
Ride the wheels off of that puppy. I've got 50,000mi. on my '99 S3 and have no intention of getting rid of it. I wouldn't mind an XBsx but it is too close to my DR650 in ride style (and doesn't have knobbies). It's good that you have a service manual. I've been able to get a couple of bikes running again while on the road (they were Hondas) because I knew them inside & out. |
