why don't you have a day in London... and let Steptoe sort it. To be honest.. I would've done this ages ago had the original problems with my bike not been sorted...
yeah i tell you what matey i might just do that next may when it warms up a bit
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yeah i tell you what matey i might just do that next may when it warms up a bit
Stewart H
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Running out of ideas now,
I did 100miles today and the thing still has its drinking habit:jeiger, maybe not quite as bad as before the injectors were cleaned but the orange light will be on far too soon (125 miles from full)
so the only possibilities now are that the injectors are clean yet fecked, or that the TPS is on its way out, though its output is linear when connected to a multimeter
the rest of the bike is tuned to concert pitch, suggestions on a postcard please
Stewart
I did 100miles today and the thing still has its drinking habit:jeiger, maybe not quite as bad as before the injectors were cleaned but the orange light will be on far too soon (125 miles from full)
so the only possibilities now are that the injectors are clean yet fecked, or that the TPS is on its way out, though its output is linear when connected to a multimeter
the rest of the bike is tuned to concert pitch, suggestions on a postcard please Stewart
If its any consolation - I can only get the CO down to around 2.5%. Turning it any further clockwise sends it shooting back up. Do we have identical faults or maybe the problem is not the the potentiometer.
I started at 7% CO. Plugs sooty - now they are light grey.
I started at 7% CO. Plugs sooty - now they are light grey.
Look at it logically.
If you suspect the injectors, for whatever reason, cleaning them will have only made the fuel cons worse! (cleaning them would theoretically allow MORE fuel through them!). i'd look elsewhere, if you cannot adjust the CO at idle, i'd suggest the TPS is either in the wrong position, or needs renewing.
Steve.
If you suspect the injectors, for whatever reason, cleaning them will have only made the fuel cons worse! (cleaning them would theoretically allow MORE fuel through them!). i'd look elsewhere, if you cannot adjust the CO at idle, i'd suggest the TPS is either in the wrong position, or needs renewing.
Steve.
Stewart H
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I think thats normal behaviour for the CO pot. it goes round and back to the start,
Stewart
Stewart H
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I was told that dirty injectors can dribble and thus deliver excess fuel, the CO pot behaviour is pretty normal especially if some other cause is delivering excess fuel, I am thinking of getting another TPS and a pair of injectors from Motorworks.
Stewart
ciderman gs
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put a bigger tank on
I had a missfire problem on my 1150 & also high fuel consumption - second hand injectors from motorworks cured the missfire & may have contributed to cure the fuel consumption problem (not sure because I changed the oil temp sensor as well
). Worth a try IMHO.As a test can just buy one injector & swap from one side to the other....
Stewart H
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So there I was having one of my sleepless nights, going over in my mind all of the little things I may have fecked up on my bike, my injectors are clean, my valve clearances are tuned to concert pitch, my throttles are balanced to perfection, my new fault code reader tells me there are no problems anywhere, I have swapped engine and air temp sensors, TPS and the CO pot, adjusted the mixture until I am blue in the face, whilst resetting the moronic system (again) my attention was drawn to the Cat code plug, when I fitted the Laser exhaust the blurb had originally recommended running without that, though I had replaced it again as I was not liking the economy, idly I pulled the CCP from its home, carefully noting its orientation, taking my head torch I peered into the socket? one of the slots where the CCP spade connectors fit was devoid of any metalwork?, just a plastic slot?? WTF 
I read the legend printed on the CCP, then the legend on the plastic socket, a bit small so off into the house for my reading specs, further inspection reveals that the CCP will fit the other way round too, and that fitting it that way enables it to actually jump two real connections, you know, the type with metal behind the plastic slots, well today there was a break in my busy schedule and I decided to take the bike out for a spin, the rough running has gone, the black smoke, eight stroking and blubbering has gone too, only seeing how far it goes on the tankfull will reveal the extent to which the economy will improve but the bike is now running like a clockwork mouse.
If this story has a moral it must be that in the event of a problem to check very carefully indeed the last thing you "fixed" or as the old saying goes "if it aint broke,fix it until it is"
Right, let the pi55taking commence
If anyone needs to try any of the components listed above for fault finding purposes please get in touch
Stewart
I read the legend printed on the CCP, then the legend on the plastic socket, a bit small so off into the house for my reading specs, further inspection reveals that the CCP will fit the other way round too, and that fitting it that way enables it to actually jump two real connections, you know, the type with metal behind the plastic slots, well today there was a break in my busy schedule and I decided to take the bike out for a spin, the rough running has gone, the black smoke, eight stroking and blubbering has gone too, only seeing how far it goes on the tankfull will reveal the extent to which the economy will improve but the bike is now running like a clockwork mouse.If this story has a moral it must be that in the event of a problem to check very carefully indeed the last thing you "fixed" or as the old saying goes "if it aint broke,fix it until it is"
Right, let the pi55taking commence
If anyone needs to try any of the components listed above for fault finding purposes please get in touch
Stewart
Sometimes it's the simplest (and often the stupidest) things that make the difference between cock on and a complete mess and you cant see it because it's so simple.
Glad you've sorted it. Yet another thing to add to the font of wisdom
and you cant see it because it's so simple. Glad you've sorted it. Yet another thing to add to the font of wisdom
Nice one Stewart
Stand up those of us who have never had one of these moments (I'm sitting firmly down ) I hope the economy has improved along with the general better running.
I'll attempt to file this in my head should I ever faff with my CPP plug (although given my goldfish brain it's unlikely I'll remember). Also good to know there's someone local(ish) with a good stock of fuel system components
Stand up those of us who have never had one of these
moments (I'm sitting firmly down ) I hope the economy has improved along with the general better running.I'll attempt to file this in my head should I ever faff with my CPP plug (although given my goldfish brain it's unlikely I'll remember). Also good to know there's someone local(ish) with a good stock of fuel system components
Do you know what?
People LAUGH at me for using so much masking tape and pencil when it comes to electrics....I mark EVERY single joint connection with a fool proof system, so it all goes back the way it came off. A goes to A....B goes to B......and so on. I can't remember my own address, so what chance trying to remember what went where. The only solution...join the dots!
I must be stupid or something.
Glad to hear the bike was fine after all and it was simply rider error.....
People LAUGH at me for using so much masking tape and pencil when it comes to electrics....I mark EVERY single joint connection with a fool proof system, so it all goes back the way it came off. A goes to A....B goes to B......and so on. I can't remember my own address, so what chance trying to remember what went where. The only solution...join the dots!
I must be stupid or something.
Glad to hear the bike was fine after all and it was simply rider error.....
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