Hi Sudindra, As u r in Bangalore, go to Autoserv @ Banshankari. The Owner of this place is our member Mr.Venkat. http://auto-service.blogspot.com/ .He is not only a powerful techie man but also a nice person by nature. All the Best.
On 23 June 2010 13:24, Sudindra B J <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Guys, > > I am Sudindra from Bangalore and I bought a 2004 model P150 kick start in > Dec 09 and got it done up. The bore set was replaced and the bike was > running with some problems with idling speed and some smoke. This is due to > the carburettor which was also replaced (UG3 carb). > > About 2 months ago after service the vehicle started misfiring when > running. The auto electrician replaced all the coils and the bike ran fine > for exactly 760 kms and then the problem reappeared. Then it was located to > be the problem of the CDI unit (as per the electrician). There was no > original CDI unit available in the market but he somehow managed to procure > a used unit and fixed the same. This ran fine for about 3-4 days and now the > problem has reappeared. > > Part # of the CDI which came with the bike - DH 11 1019 > Part # of the CDI replaced is same as above. > > Some observations: > > 1. With the original unit which was in the vehicle there was a lot of > starting problems and had to open the throttle to get the bike to fire when > I kick started (also it would misfire when starting and it had to be kicked > real hard to start). This has resolved with the present CDI. Even on the > first start in the morning i just have to kick and it fires. > > 2. The mileage was around 45-47 Kpl with the original unit (with a lot of > petrol smell from the exhaust) and this time with the replaced unit I have > got 56 kpl (and the petrol smell from the exhaust is negligible.) > > 3. With the first CDI unit I had to keep the engine running above 3K rpm > for it to be running (after the misfiring starts) but with the present CDI > it has come down to 1.5-2K rpm. The bike always runs fine at higher rpms > (with both CDI units) > > 4. One strange thing that I have observed all the 3 times when the problem > started that it would occur when the bike came to reserve. ( I don't know > whether this is sheer coincidence or it has some implication) > > Though we have hunted high and low at all places in Bangalore the original > replacement part is not available with anyone and some of the spare part > dealers advised me that BAL has not been supplying this part for quite > sometime and was also advised to replace with what was termed as local part. > I don't know whether this would be advisable and if it would cause any harm > to the bike. > > Alternately is there some other bikes CDI which would match the same. If so > advice with part #. > > Being without the bike is really impossible for me. > > COULD SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME OUT AND ALSO LET ME KNOW IF THE REAL PROBLEM > LIES WITH THE CDI UNIT OR ELSEWHERE. > > -- Regards, james.r The Speed Steed.... "Stormy", Pulsar-180 dtsi FTB, 20.0 k kms, TN09 AQ 5628, Jul 06. Pulsar 150 KS non-dtsi, 40.3 k kms, TN23 H 4992, Aug 02 - Jul 06. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
