Re: [ST] let off gas and idle plummets

[brd <brd@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:11:27AM -0700, Neil Lindsey wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "brd" <brd@xxxxxxx>
> 
> > After work, hours later, I get on the bike and start it up and I'm
> > talking to a coworker as he walks out and the bike dies.  I start it up
> > again okay, but it idles really low--extremely low, like maybe 500rpm or
> > less, it hardly registers on the tachometer.  If I give it some gas it
> > revs up and seems to run fine, but then when I put the clutch in and let
> > off the gas, the idle drops to almost nothing and most times it won't
> > hold idle and died.  It died 3 times on the rest of the trip home, and I
> > only live 1.5 miles away.
> >
> 
> During the period of time that it was acting up, did you actually ever try
> turning the ignition key off, or did you simply re-hit the starter button
> when it stalled?

This was just re-hitting the starter button.

> If/when it happens again try turning the key off and then back on before
> re-starting.  If the problem goes away, then you are experiencing an
> intermittent and as-yet unconfirmed problem that has been reported by many
> ST owners, usually within the first few months when new.  It has been
> suggested that the ECU needs to be reset to clear the symptom (btw, there
> will be no error codes logged).  It may also be a sticking Idle Air Control
> Valve that will loosen up over time.  I had this symptom a few times when my
> bike was new, but it hasn't happened for over a year now, but each time it
> disappeared after the ignition key had been turned off.

Well, my bike's a 99, but I'll keep the resetting the ECU thing in mind.

Thanks,
Brian
'99 ST (black)
Dallas, TX

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