Subject: Re: Crummy Running
Author: Eric Lamberts
Date: Jul 2, 2001, 8:13 PM
Post ID: 1707346661
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Dennis Jones wrote:
| Eldo won't run right. Here's what I know. Rode the Eldo round trip to and from the Western NY Rally. Ran perfectly, not so much as a hiccup. Got it home and washed it good of those pesky Western New York bugs. Used S100 and a hose as I have done often in the past. Polished it and parked it. Because of family obligations, and a need to ride some of my other bikes, the Eldo sat til tonight. It was difficult to start. Unusual. Rode off, and it didn't want to idle at stop signs/traffic lights, etc. Rode it for mebbe 15 minutes. Would stall if rpm weren't kept at 2,500 or more. Engaging the clutch resulted in feeble performance. Lots of slippage of the clutch to keep it from stalling. Would run rough and bike would shake until I gave it lots of throttle and got rpms up. Would then clean up and run strongly to redline, but returning to below 4,000 rpm would start the symptoms all over again. I am getting spark at the plugs. The spark plug wires & caps are dry and firmly attached. Ditto coil. Gas in the tank. Checked float bowls. Carbs are getting gasoline. Points adjusted properly. Checked the airbox, and even ran it without the airbox. Same result. Other than the bike wash, the bike was running PERFECTLY, and had run perfectly for 800 miles, before I parked it. Any suggestions, other than to never wash the bike again? D.J. |
Common things being common; I'd spray the inside of the distrubutor with
WD40 and drain the float bowls.
Eric Lamberts ew-@unr.edu
Entropy fighter.
Reno NV, City of Trembling Leaves.