Dead Cylinder

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Ian522 · #1 Unread post by **Ian522** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:54 am

This sucks. I got my bike on the road last week and its been running strong until today. Started bike up, and left it in the driveway to warm up while I went inside and suited up. When I came back outside, the bike was off. I go to start it again and it turns over, idles very roughly for a few seconds then dies. This process continues for several minutes until I realize the bike is only running on one of the two cylinders.

The bike ran fine all weekend and I rode about 100 miles without any problems. It just all of a sudden took a dump. I cant really tell if its a fuel issue or a spark issue.

Is there a way I could check for spark???

Could this be a possible issue inside the carb of the dead cylinder???

Ian522 · #2 Unread post by **Ian522** » Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:19 am

ok I was able to check for spark and there is definatly spark on the weak/dead cylinder.

So I guess its some sort of fuel or compression issue?

oldschoolorange · Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:18 pm

check your compression on that cylinder and fuel delivery, also check the plug and try switching the plugs from one cylinder to another

Ian522 · #4 Unread post by **Ian522** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:36 pm

Well I figured it out. The carbs were rejetted at some point by a previous owner and the bike was running richer than normal. I recently did a tune up on the bike and put in new OEM spark plugs. The oem plugs were getting fouled. I put the old plugs back in which are a step hotter than oem and the bike ran again.

Im just relieved it wasnt anything major. Thanks for the advice.