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Re: [ST] Sooty suggestions?
- Subject: Re: [ST] Sooty suggestions?
- From: Andrew Tait <antait@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:37:32 +0100
Hi Rich,
Masiak, Richard wrote:
> Have you tried checking/cleaning the idle air intake stepper motor? Sounds like a very similaar problem I had with my RS. Turns out my air intake idle plunger was severly sooted and would not adjust properly for idle air intake. Once I took it off/apart and cleaned it with 90% rubbing alcohol using a cute tip, everything was back to the way it should be.
I took it out last night and like you said it was sooty, especially the
side with the four vents at the FI side.
Do you know if I should see it move up and down when I switch the
ignition on? Does it do some kind of position resetting thing?
Oh, thanks for all the replies on and off list. Fingers crossed that
I'll have a smoooth ST again for the weekend :o)
Cheers,
Andrew
> Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:st-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Al Garvin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:40 PM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] Sooty suggestions?
>
>
> 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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