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I have been searching and reading all day and I am still not getting it.
Background: Totally stock 2003, 17,000 miles, never missed a beat until... this problem:
A bit hard starting and would stall at times but then something changed. It was running bad until about 3500 rpms then cleared out and ran strong. This happened after I was very low on fuel - running fine. Parked bike, drove 1 minute to gas station and then running like crap after a few gallons added.
I removed and drained the tank. Removed the pump and everything was shiny clean in the tank. The pump appeared to be clean but I did not understand at the time that the filter is part of the pump so I put it all together and added fresh fuel with a shot of Sea Foam and.....same problem.
I just changed the plugs and now it will not even start!
Battery was on a charger and was spinning the engine over fast - the headlight barely dimmed while cranking the engine.
I cranked and cranked, both closed throttle and with a partially cracked throttle and I do not detect any fuel smell from the exhaust. There was no detectible fire - did not even try to fire up, just turned over and I do hear the fuel pump prime when the key is turned on.
The only thing I noticed that seemed off was the old plugs were NOT tight at all and I could see wetness in the threads.
WTH could I have done to cause it to not even try to fire up?
So much of what I encountered in my searches made mention of fuel problems with regard to hard starting and stalling. Then I suspected a fuel problem and it is acting like a fuel problem....So please tell me how it works, I never noticed the whole deal on the fuel system.
Thanks.
SS
Background: Totally stock 2003, 17,000 miles, never missed a beat until... this problem:
A bit hard starting and would stall at times but then something changed. It was running bad until about 3500 rpms then cleared out and ran strong. This happened after I was very low on fuel - running fine. Parked bike, drove 1 minute to gas station and then running like crap after a few gallons added.
I removed and drained the tank. Removed the pump and everything was shiny clean in the tank. The pump appeared to be clean but I did not understand at the time that the filter is part of the pump so I put it all together and added fresh fuel with a shot of Sea Foam and.....same problem.
I just changed the plugs and now it will not even start!
Battery was on a charger and was spinning the engine over fast - the headlight barely dimmed while cranking the engine.
I cranked and cranked, both closed throttle and with a partially cracked throttle and I do not detect any fuel smell from the exhaust. There was no detectible fire - did not even try to fire up, just turned over and I do hear the fuel pump prime when the key is turned on.
The only thing I noticed that seemed off was the old plugs were NOT tight at all and I could see wetness in the threads.
WTH could I have done to cause it to not even try to fire up?
So much of what I encountered in my searches made mention of fuel problems with regard to hard starting and stalling. Then I suspected a fuel problem and it is acting like a fuel problem....So please tell me how it works, I never noticed the whole deal on the fuel system.
Thanks.
SS