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Re: [ST] starting woes
- Subject: Re: [ST] starting woes
- From: Michael Young <myoung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 18:21:45 -0500
Try giving a bit of throttle while starting. This worked for me; same
circumstance, identical symptoms.
- ----- Original Message -----
From: "bare" <barenekd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 12:10 PM
Subject: [ST] starting woes
> Last weekend I put 900 miles on it with no problem during a trip to
> Scotland. I washed it last Sunday evening and this morning was the first
> time I have tried to use it since.
>
> The starter motor was turning the engine over OK but it just wouldn't
> fire up. I checked every fuse and I checked the ECM relay and all were
> fine. I could hear the fuel pump priming with its normal whine.
>
>
> Obviously, you got water in something where it shouldn't have been, It
could
> have been water in the gas, or in some electronic gadget that needed to be
> dried out. You could have pulled a fuel line to see if you had water in
the
> gas. If you in fact had spark, this would have been the probable cause.
Were
> you using a high pressure hose to wash it? That's really a no-no on bikes
> because they can force water into places it doesn't belong.
> Bare
>
>
>
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