What have you done on your bike today?
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I've emptied the tank put in a gallon of fresh fuel turned it over quite a few times. I don't know how long it takes to flush the remaining fuel from the lines to the injectors?
It coughed a couple of times but would go. I took the H plug out again the lower 1/4" of thread was oily. I took the V plug out it was clean.
I could compassion test them.
The other thin I noticed was that the fuel pump doesn't pressurise the line when you turn on the dashboard but doe the instant that you press the start (or not) button.
@Nelly @West Cork Paul
I've emptied the tank put in a gallon of fresh fuel turned it over quite a few times. I don't know how long it takes to flush the remaining fuel from the lines to the injectors?
It coughed a couple of times but would go. I took the H plug out again the lower 1/4" of thread was oily. I took the V plug out it was clean.
I could compassion test them.
The other thin I noticed was that the fuel pump doesn't pressurise the line when you turn on the dashboard but doe the instant that you press the start (or not) button.
@Nelly @West Cork Paul
Who’d steal that?
Do they get down there?
I thought it was free of them between Liverpool airport and Benidorm
Have you checked for a spark ?
Try squirting easy start into the inlet , may prove fuel or lectric problem
Yes there is a spark.
I will have a go with Easy start when I get some
I will have a go with Easy start when I get some
How much compassion should the bike have Hugo
At the rate this one is going I shall soon be inviting @WAYNE over to give it some TLC with his claw hammer.
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Elsie's friends husband got rear ended a few months ago when sat on his m'bike at a junction 100m away from our house (he wasn't injured).
The bike is a write-off and his insurance have offered him an acceptable sum which the third party's insurance will pay.
He wants to know if I want to sell my Elsie (bike not wife -I think).
Decisions, decisions......
The bike is a write-off and his insurance have offered him an acceptable sum which the third party's insurance will pay.
He wants to know if I want to sell my Elsie (bike not wife -I think).
Decisions, decisions......
Surely the fuel pump should prime with the key turned to on? Have you tried turning the key on with fuel cap open, maybe split fuel line in tank
@Barry Hell
The full pump is positioned in the top of the tank the only pipe (as far as I'm aware) is the one coming out of the top of the pump which only pressurises when I press the start button.
The full pump is positioned in the top of the tank the only pipe (as far as I'm aware) is the one coming out of the top of the pump which only pressurises when I press the start button.
This morning I swapped the crank position censor and the H. H.T. lead from Bumpkins motor onto mine. Still no result.
To recap I rode it on 19th Dec., washed it off, rode it into the garage. I went to use it a week or so later and it wouldn't start. On removing the H. suppressor cap I found a lot of dirt and water. Having cleaned everything up and eventually removing the plug and washer, replacing it (and the other four) with new ones, it still wouldn't start.
I have since changed the crank position censor and the H. H.T. lead.
I don't have a compression tester. If I did and I found a problem then I'm not sure that I want to address it. Besides which, what would cause the compression to drop whilst parked up for a week?
To recap I rode it on 19th Dec., washed it off, rode it into the garage. I went to use it a week or so later and it wouldn't start. On removing the H. suppressor cap I found a lot of dirt and water. Having cleaned everything up and eventually removing the plug and washer, replacing it (and the other four) with new ones, it still wouldn't start.
I have since changed the crank position censor and the H. H.T. lead.
I don't have a compression tester. If I did and I found a problem then I'm not sure that I want to address it. Besides which, what would cause the compression to drop whilst parked up for a week?
Put the beastie in the cabin to free up some space in the crowded garage.
Anyone want it for cheap
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Why did you get exige to mount it to the ceiling? You know he's got form for floor mounted stuff up on the roof.
Orrr, you are Everard and just outed your Australian self
Assuming it was running fine last time you rode it and after you washed it I’d have thought it unlikely to be a compression problem.
Do you have the means to connect to diagnostic port etc ?
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No, I but I've got to the stage where I'm grasping at straws. Logic says if easy start doesn't help then the problem is electrical or timing. Of those two the former is more likely as it was washed before putting it away.
I don't have an OBD Star or similar if that's what you mean?
Ok. Not sure if your bike would show fault codes on the dash anyway.
My guess is, if I have this right, you’ve washed it, run it briefly and put it away for 2-3 weeks.
In that case perhaps water has got in somewhere and sat for long enough to ‘spoil’ a connection.
Maybe go round likely connector candidates and check they are all good.
There are relays by the battery, if they weren't working would the bike turn over and cough but not get running. It was so much easier with carb'ed bikes.
I will, thank you.
Have you recently bought a Royal Enfield from the Shithampton area?