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Re: [ST] Sooty suggestions?
- Subject: Re: [ST] Sooty suggestions?
- From: Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:40:01 -0700
Andrew,
Replace all three plugs with new ones! You could have a fouled plug.
We spent about 4 months changing everything out on my sons 402 cu small
block with fuel injection. And I mean everything. Could not get it to
run right. Finally we changed out the (new) plugs and that solved the
problem.
Al
Andrew Tait wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been musing over a little problem with my '00 ST. About 6 weeks
> ago I changed the plugs, and ever since then it has been very grumbly at
> idle, even to the point of cutting out. It doesn't start as nicely as
> usual either, idles at around 800-900rpm, but seems to be otherwise
> perfect. Accelerates smoothly and fuel consumption appears to be normalish.
>
> At that time nothing else was changed, although since then I have
> changed the air filter. The bike only has about 20K miles on it.
> Before I changed the plugs it was running beautifully. Yeah, that'll
> teach me!
>
> Anyway, this evening I stripped everything down again right down to
> taking out the new plugs and they are very sooty. I think they've done
> maybe 400 miles. The gap is normal (0.8-0.9mm) on all 3 plugs. Before
> I (a) go mad and pull everything else to bits or (b) go mad and write
> the dealer a blank cheque to look at it, whilst it's in pieces is there
> anything specific I should be checking? I've just checked the Haynes
> manual and it says to check the connectors and wiring to the idle air
> valve, so I'll do that tomorrow evening. Anything else I should look at?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Andrew
>
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