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put water on both exhausts and the front cylinder the water was instantly turning to steam and the rear cylinder was slowly turning to steam only at the top and not further down, nowhere near as hot as front cylinder.
took spark plug caps off, snipped a bit off the ht leads and screwed the caps back on, left the cap off the rear spark plug and put one of last set of spark plugs on and saw it had perfect spark and no arcing to the frame etc.
pulled the rear plug out and it was in an absolute state, really oily and filthy.
cleaned it and put it back in and started the bike, both exhausts boiling the water quickly but the rear still not as instant as the front.
blipping throttle still sounds like the rear cylinder doesn't have any power at all or isn't firing properly or something. and it'll eventually cut out on its own or cut out if you give a tiny blip of the throttle, or rev high and let off the throttle fully.
There could be multiple problems like a dying coil for the rear cylinder (although spark looked perfect when I was running it on 1 cylinder)
but would I be going down the right path thinking that a valve stem could be letting oil into that cylinder or something along those lines.
video of the sound + spraying water + it cutting out with a little tiny blip of throttle
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frozenfrozen wrote: »put water on both exhausts and the front cylinder the water was instantly turning to steam and the rear cylinder was slowly turning to steam only at the top and not further down, nowhere near as hot as front cylinder.
took spark plug caps off, snipped a bit off the ht leads and screwed the caps back on, left the cap off the rear spark plug and put one of last set of spark plugs on and saw it had perfect spark and no arcing to the frame etc.
pulled the rear plug out and it was in an absolute state, really oily and filthy.
cleaned it and put it back in and started the bike, both exhausts boiling the water quickly but the rear still not as instant as the front.
blipping throttle still sounds like the rear cylinder doesn't have any power at all or isn't firing properly or something. and it'll eventually cut out on its own or cut out if you give a tiny blip of the throttle, or rev high and let off the throttle fully.
There could be multiple problems like a dying coil for the rear cylinder (although spark looked perfect when I was running it on 1 cylinder)
but would I be going down the right path thinking that a valve stem could be letting oil into that cylinder or something along those lines.
video of the sound + spraying water + it cutting out with a little tiny blip of throttle
Thats the devils bike.
Burn it on the bonfire and get a different bike.
All joking aside,I really feel for you mate,must be a new bike now,with all the issues and parts you have had to sort out.:)0 -
I gave it a good clean and it came out looking fresh, it was more just covered in oil rather than carbon so I think the plug will be grand but I have the old one I could swap to. I will have to have a look at what way the coils are they are both separate I think so that's a good idea to swap them thanksTeaBagMania wrote: »most of the time when a plug fouls... it's dead and wont recover from a simple cleaning, might try a new plug.
Do the cylinders run off separate coils? if so swap them and see if the problem follows the coilstewygriffin wrote: »Thats the devils bike.
Burn it on the bonfire and get a different bike.
All joking aside,I really feel for you mate,must be a new bike now,with all the issues and parts you have had to sort out.:)
really all I need is a second bike so I can always have one on the go while fixing the other. 0 -
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frozenfrozen wrote: »I gave it a good clean and it came out looking fresh, it was more just covered in oil rather than carbon so I think the plug will be grand but I have the old one I could swap to. I will have to have a look at what way the coils are they are both separate I think so that's a good idea to swap them thanks really all I need is a second bike so I can always have one on the go while fixing the other.
I'm not a mechanic but oil on the spark plug could only be coming up through your piston ring or down your valves unfortunately. Now your coil might be dying to and the oil was just form misfiring and repeated attempts at starting.
Best of luck sorting it out.0 -
Anyone for toasted marshmallows?:D0 -
sound, worst case scenario drop in an engine from an sv1000I'm not a mechanic but oil on the spark plug could only be coming up through your piston ring or down your valves unfortunately. Now your coil might be dying to and the oil was just form misfiring and repeated attempts at starting.
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frozenfrozen wrote: »sound, worst case scenario drop in an engine from an sv1000
Cant be any worse than the 1000rr engine into a 400rr frame.:eek::D0 -
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Max Headroom wrote: »Thanks for not waving at me today in the docks Stewie...this is you bike isnt it...:p
WTF????:eek::pac:0 -
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There's always something.
I've been tinkering around with the fueling on my ZZR with a while trying to get it spot on.
Think I got it about right last night so was looking forward to some serious ripping today!:D
So went out to bike and this happens
Kept happening so couldn't get the bike going.
First I thought it was the earth on the power commander so I connected it directly to the battery.
No change.
I then swapped out the battery and still no change.
Then I completely disconnected the power commander and still no change.
I then dug deeper and found this.
Time for a new solenoid and fuse cap I think.
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The fuse didn't even blow with this damage. :eek:
Had an old solenoid that's not 100% but just fitted it and tidied up the burnt wires so I could check was the bike running ok.
Ordered a solenoid and this
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Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »At least you had the know how to trace the fault.
I'm ok on most of the mechanics but electrics scare the crap out of me.
The thing about the ZZR is everything is hidden away.
It's not a case of lifting the seat and checking things.
You'd nearly want fingers shaped like long nose pliers to get at a lot of stuff on the bike.
Even the battery is under the tank and you get at it by removing some panels.
The solenoid is in a bit further.
A pain in the hole doing a lot of work on it.
Oh I forgot.... You'd a BMW.. what am I complaining about!!:pac:0 -
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Cayden Defeated Thunderstorm wrote: »I think boards.ie is being buggy with attaching photos, I was having the same problem in the cycling forum yesterday (yes I'm one of those lyric bastards )
....what, you like listening to classical music...in yer lycra..:p 0 -
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2 new indicators on yesterday didn't do pictures going to do the other two soon but the left ones are flashing fast even though they're not led? Need to check if there is a short anywhere
Gave a clean and some acf 50 today
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