| Author | Message | ||
     Eshardball |
I was out riding this morning and my S3 started to act up when I came to a stop in traffic. I got the bike started again but it wouldn't make any power unless I did alot of throttle twisting. There seemed to be some stumbling while trying to cruise along at 50 also. If I get on it hard, it seems Ok. I checked my plug wires when I got home and both were still attached to the plugs. Is this a TPS issue? I had pulled the plugs on a prior occasion and they looked lean. The bike has a CF ham can and a V&H CF cannister. and was not remapped after the exhaust was installed. It got warm out this morning and it seemed like low end fuel starvation but that is only my best guess | ||
| Ebutch |
Check throthtl body butter-fly post see if it is braking off.Mine broke at 55.000 miles,new one is made better,more stout.if thats it new thro. bod. +new TPS(about $100.00).Sounds like it is just starting.It will get worse is my gess. | ||
| Eshardball |
I checked the throttle body and everything looked OK. I pulled the neg lead off of the battery and left it off for a couple minutes. Put it back on and started the bike. I only went for a 6 mile ride but it was enough to get it up to normal temps and nothing wierd happened. This sounds like a ECM issue to me. | ||
| Sleez |
might just have been a loose battery connection. | ||
| Eshardball |
Wish it was that simple. Battery terminals were tight | ||
| Ebutch |
Look for simple things first,filters,all Next all elec conect.cramped fual line,fual vent plugged. Retreive trouble codes.Get your Shop manual Out!Don,t quit Eric! When S3 runs right it,s a great machine! | ||
| Twowheeldream |
if its a carbed bike it sounds like the bike sat for about a month and it needs a carb clean. runnin like crap at idle and goes away when you get on it, but comes back when you get back to cruisin... runnin a little lean? idle circuit is clogged | ||
| Eshardball |
Thanks guys. Its an FI bike and I don't have a FSM yet. I need the ECM spy cable and money just got uncomfortably tight. The bike made power up top but wouldn't idle and missing real bad down low. I checked for loose connections first. Everything that it is doing seems to point to ECM.Why else would pulling the power source and then restoring have any effect? | ||
| Tdman77 |
You need to do a TPS/AFV reset first. Try to find someone in the area that has a cable and ecm spy. I would also do a diagnostics check with ecm spy. If you can't find someone I can send you my cable as long as you promise to send it back to me. | ||
| Eshardball |
Thanks Tdman77 for the offer. I already down loaded ECM spy. I will try to find someone local with a cable but its nice to have you for a back up if I strike out. It would take a real low life to screw over a fellow bueller. That is what makes the people on this forum a cut above the rest of society. Pay it forward is a prime example. | ||
| S2pengy |
How old is the battery? | ||
| Buellisticx1 |
HI Take a look on here, seems to be that a fellow bueller is having a problem similar to yours with his S3. There is plenty information of. http://www.badweatherbikers.com/cgibin/discus/show .cgi?3842/452192 Regards. | ||
| Eshardball |
S2pengy, Battery is new as of the fall and was on a tender all winter. | ||
| 5liter |
Clogged fuel filter?? | ||
| Eshardball |
Buellisticx1, Great place to start. I am still looking for a local guy with the cable but tdman77 has graciously offered his. No shortage of possible symptoms to look at so I'll start with the stuff that I don't need ECM spy to resolve first. | ||
| Eshardball |
Fuel filter is new and vent line is not clogged but good suggestions. thanks | ||
| Nukeblue |
my x-1 did a similar thing. sprayed some carb spray around & found a vacuum leak at an injector o-ring | ||
| Dfbutler |
Check the gaskets on the intake manifold. Then TPS reset. | ||
| Nukeblue |
sounds like a vacuum leak to me |
