| Author | Message | ||
     Dmextreme |
Started it last night to warm it up. did fine. this morning, started it, it putted cause it was cold.. then died.. started it again, fine.. started it this afternoon, and one cylinder is missing. wtf? Do I just need to take the plug out and see if it flooded? Or any advice? I mean, I hope it isn't a damn coil again.. *sigh* | ||
| Dana P. |
Nah!!! Just cold you haven't been riding it and it is fouling out the front cylinder. Pull the plug put a new one in and it'll be fine. (Message edited by bads1 on February 10, 2006) | ||
| Multi_bueller |
you fouled the plugs . when you start the bike on a cold day make sure you do not touch the gas AT ALL! just a tad will foul the plugs change them and your fine | ||
| Dmextreme |
whew.. okay.. awesome.. so I will get some new plugs.. that might be a pain in the arse.. lol.. time to break out the manual. (puts in CD-Rom) thanks, if I need anything else, I let ya know. | ||
| Dana P. |
Jerry just do the front one the back will be fine. Just pull your air scoop off and its right there. The back one didn't foul. (Message edited by bads1 on February 10, 2006) | ||
| Dmextreme |
did i mention I love this place.. thanks | ||
| Doon |
In reading this, My guess is that is what happened to mine. The "delivery guy" form the dealer, goes to start it up and before I can tell him not to hit the gas, he keeps blipping the throttle. It was cold (34) and the bike probably hadn't been run much since it just came off the floor. When he told the dealer that, they called me up saying try it out and let them know if it needs new plugs they will send em down, so +1 for the dealer. I just waiting till it gets a tad bit warmer and stops snowing before pulling it out of the garage to try it out again. Dmextreme is right, I love this place also | ||
| 99buellx1 |
Just a note for the future. There is no need to start the bike without riding it. When you do, the bike is unable to come to full temp. This is usually the cause of the fouled plug scenario, I have heard it many times. If you are not going for a ride that is long enough to get the motor to full operating temp, you are better just leaving the bike alone. | ||
| Dmextreme |
Doon: way off topic.. but newegg.com is the place I get my parts from as well. that place rocks.. just high priced vid cards. I build my own as well. I currently run: xp pro 3.2 P4 (prescott) sock 478 Abit IC-7G Maxx 3 Geil PC-3200 1 GB (2x512) Maxtor HD's: 200 and 80 in RAID 1 Audigy 2zs ATI 9800 Pro w/omega drivers Pro Series Gaming CPU fan okay, sorry.. was bored..   | ||
| 99buellx1 |
I tend to buy all my stuff at Tiger Direct. They ship way fast. | ||
| Interex2050 |
Neweggs shipping is fantastic Isn't tiger direct Fry's electronics online store? | ||
| Mutation_racer |
dmextrene alway change both plugs , the other guy who said just change the front one does not know what he is talking about | ||
| Dmextreme |
so, I want to buy the iridiums.. whats the part number for the xb9s I looked at al's website.. but not sure which one to pic. thanks | ||
| Interex2050 |
Denso IXU24 | ||
| Voltage_vector |
99buellx1, I agree, also when you start it to just start it, the oil gets condensation in it, therefore milky, and that is another issue all together.......start it only when you can either really warm it up, or take a ride..IMHO, as someone who lives in the cold too much of the year...Also, keep that Battery tender fired up... | ||
| Buell_892 |
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| Dtx |
when you start the bike on a cold day make sure you do not touch the gas AT ALL! I don't know what it is with my bike, but it will not start and remain running unless I keep a little throttle on while starting it when it is cold out. I have been doing this all winter and have not fouled a plug yet. To me, the bike seems SO cold blooded that I have to do this. If I don't, it will immediately die. Of course I always let it warm up and ride it to operating temperature before shutting off. Touching the throttle when cold is a must for me and I have not had any problems. Any ideas?? | ||
| No_rice |
whats your idle set at? i have to do that, but i know why i do. i have my idle set lower than it is supposed to be. as far as the changing plugs thing, i agree with dana on the fact that it is more than likely the front one and you wouldnt have to mess with the back. although, if I am going to put a brand new plug in the front then i would put a brand new one in the back. not really a necessity but just a good precaution. if i want to get it running right though for sure first i have just taken the front out, cleaned and dried it off and stuck it back in. fire right up. although i have only once had a fouled plug and the bike got delivered that way. if you pay attention to many of the threads though, its almost always the front plug. | ||
| Dtx |
I have my idle set at exactly 1050 rpms. However, it will not idle at this level until it is COMPLETELY warmed up. If I go any higher, the rpms will hang and not go back to idle very well. Its a VERY sensitive adjustment on my bike. I can live with it when its cold like this, because when it warms up the bike will start fine with no throttle needed. Until the bike warms up, it idles at about 900 rpm. After about 10 minutes of riding, it will be dead on 1050 (which is the idle speed that I think "SOUNDS" the best.) | ||
| Fulgur |
Just a quick one. I have been having a problem with just one pot running intermitently. Dont always happen but when it dose it is always wet as hell, at or neer the end of a ride and below 3500 revs. I am pritty sure that it is due to the wet as hell bit, water being forced into the plug boot or something like that, used to happen on my little 535 Virago too. So, I think I will put some heat resistant thick grease round where the water is gettin in. I have been riding in all the bad weather this year and last. (oh, and it did this once before on the rear pot when I broke the HT lead being a bit clumsy changing out the plug). | ||
| Bikertrash05 |
Same thing happened on my '05 SX, but my problem was a fried coil, which in turn fried the ecm. Dealer told me I might have got the coil wet! LoL, so I can't ride in the rain? 7k miles and 4 rain storms later, still runnin' fine! |
