Failure to idle....

[Kevin Hoskins <Kevin.Hoskins@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings fellow STers,

Back on  8 Apr 2000, Neil Lindsey and Jim Schroeder both 
noticed a "Strange Occurrence...."

[Neil] ... It started up fine but it didn't quite sound
right to me either.  Then a few seconds later it died.  
Without turning off the key, I hit the starter and she 
fired right up again but the symptom was still there.  
It wouldn't run at less than about 1000 rpm ... Then I 
decided to actually turn off the key and let it sit for 
a few minutes.  When I fired it up again the problem 
disappeared.  I reported the problem to my dealer and 
they had never heard such symptoms....

My conclusion thus far is that something (maybe the 
computer itself) needed a reset that only the power 
off/on sequence provided.

> [Jim] Twice recently after shutting off for gas or 
> rest, Sable would restart but refuse to idle and 
> sounded very puny. However, if I shut off the
> ignition and wait a few seconds, then fire her up 
> again, everything was normal. Pro-Italia checked the 
> computer (no faults).

Well, I too experienced the dreaded "no idle" fault 
just this last Sunday when I was about to take my 
daughter on her first ride on the Sprint. Since I was 
much more concerned with my daughter's safety, I just 
put the bike back in the garage and called it a day. 
In all the efforts to try to get and keep the engine 
started, I never cycled power with the ignition key. 
Afterward, I found the above references and tried to 
see if my bike's ECM had suffered a brain fart. Sure 
enough, Monday evening after work, resetting the ECM 
did the trick. And the ride this morning was great!

A call to my dealer is the order of the morning to 
see if they have any knowledge of the cause....

Kevin
Kevin Hoskins
Audio Applications, National Semiconductor Corp.
408-721-2594
"Just because you can does not mean you should."

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