Problem.

[zed]

Originally Posted by TIGGER

modern gas just doesn't "go bad" in a couple months IMHO.

think that would depend on where you get it, they are putting more alcohol in the gas which attracts moisture. I always told people to put seafoam or stabil in their gas tanks if they aren't going through at least a tank of gas a week. two reasons for that, they could be buying cheap or old gas from someplace like Casey's and #2 seafoam is a cleaner too and it doesn't hurt to run it every few tanks.

I was thinking water being the problem here.

I'm not familiar with Buells though

[Tmall]

I've noticed as well, that I foul plugs horribly at the start of the season, when I'm burning off the stabilizer.
Take that for what its worth.

[pickle.of.doom]

Bikes not throwing any FI trouble codes is it?

[marko138]

The killswitch is absolutely in the 'run' position. The fuel pump comes on every time as well.

Tmall...you've been through 4 sets of plugs on an 08? Holy shit thats alot of plugs. I replaced them both...after 3 trips to the store for various tools...the front was definately fouled and the rear looked pretty good.


I think my course of action is going to be to drain the gas and put fresh in. See what happens. If that doesn't work I'll replace the plug wires, as I mentioned earlier, I think the rear wire is dying anyway.

And, nope, no trouble codes.

[pickle.of.doom]

You said you tried adding some throttle, what about hitting the starter with throttle wfo?

[marko138]

Haven't tried that. The Buell manual states to avoid any throttle what so ever when starting...so I just add a very minute amount. And I dont want it to be hammering with the engine cold. Who knows...might be worth a shot.

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by marko138

My manual says to replace the drain plug on the fuel pump when you empty the fuel. That seems stupid to me. I can see replacing the o-ring...but the whole fucking plug? It's a 30 dollar part from the dealer...and of course is not in stock.

I think they mean re-install, not replace. Here's what I would do. Take out the sparkplugs and lay them on the engine. Crank the engine. Any spark and they are probably good to go. If the plugs were hard to get to, I would connect my trusty timing light to each sparkplug wire and see if there's a light.

If fuel or water is getting to the chamber, then the plug should have been wet. With the engine firing the first time, I would suspect it fired from gas in the injector. I don't think that fuel is getting to the injectors. I would replace the fuel filter and go from there.

[Tmall]

Know what I just realized as well?

Yours isn't the same ecm as mine. You may need a throttle position sensor (TPS) reset? I recall that being the cause of alot of problems for some people.

[dReWpY]

hmm... sounds similar to osp's lil issue

[Rider]

Originally Posted by drewpy

hmm... sounds similar to osp's lil issue

Well how the fuck did he fix it?