accidentally put spark plug with closed gap in bike and now it won't start
#1
accidentally put spark plug with closed gap in bike and now it won't start
So I just finished a big bore kit from fuel moto and i dropped a plug and didnt check the gap. The bike started right up and sounded good then died and wouldn't start back without holding some throttle and keeping it running with throttle I didn't know the gap had been closed in the plug which was a dumb mistake but anyway now bike wont start back and i don't know if I fried something electrical or what I replaced the coil and was thinking of replacing crank sensor but after that I don't know what to try. Help please
#4
You should give more information, such as bike type and year.
I assume you have reset the gap properly?
I don't think what you describe should hurt anything though.
It's possible that your problem lies elsewhere.
Also throwing parts at the problem is not the way to fix it,
we used to call that "shotgunning" in the computer industry.
I assume you have reset the gap properly?
I don't think what you describe should hurt anything though.
It's possible that your problem lies elsewhere.
Also throwing parts at the problem is not the way to fix it,
we used to call that "shotgunning" in the computer industry.
#5
You might have flooded that cylinder since the gap was closed on the plug. I would pull both plugs and hit the starter and let the engine turn a few revolutions and see if any fuel comes out of the plug hole. If fuel does come out , I would make sure all the fuel is out of the cylinder, then put the plug back in and see if it starts.
#7
Yeah I got new plugs new wires and yes gapped them correctly and i checked for spark and only rear cylinder is firing. What I was thinking that cause the plug wasn't gapped that it could have caused a closed circuit or ground and sent fire back to ecm or something eltricql. I don't know I'm stumped as to what is wrong. But yeah the bike is a 2011 superglide