Steve, if H2O in the tank is suspected, try metholated spirits.......in the
GTS's tank that is not yours!
George understands the merits of alcohol
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Baglien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: coils and heat
> Thanks for the reply Bob. I never meant to imply that this
> is a inherent problem to the GTS - only a problem with
> mine. As I stated earlier, I'm groping for possible problem
> with my bike - perhaps a faulty coil, fuel pump, etc. Just
> curious if anyone else's bike has exhibited this behavior.
>
> Immediate past of my motorcycle:
>
> Stored in motorcycle shed over the winter - When taken out
> for bikeweek, I notice this problem. Assumed that perhaps
> the fuel could have some moisture - added a small amount of
> heat and burned the tank down to the point that it was on
> vapors. Refilled and the problem seemed to disappear -- for
> the most part after some mileage. Went to bike week - bike
> ran great on the COLD trips between Orlando and Daytona -
> once in Daytona, sitting in traffic, the bike would being to
> miss. As the period of time in traffic increased, so did
> the misses. After a refill, the problem vanished -- but I
> burned that tank with out any idle time (that is, I was on
> the interstate the whole time). Since then, it seems that
> the bike will miss when hot and low on gas... trips in to
> work in the morning when there's no traffic and it cool... I
> have no misses... ride home when I'm in traffic... missses.
>
> Servicing: Regular oil changes, checked the air cleaner for
> possible rodent life, changed out the brake fluid, and last
> year swapped out the TPS. I've replaced my plugs since this
> started to occur and it had no effect. The bike has just
> over 11,000 miles. I have it in Diag mode right now, but
> it doesn't seem to detect the misses.
>
> I have not disassembled it yet (besides swapping the plugs)
> - I was hoping for some leads - items to take a look at
> before I pull the plastic off again.
>
> It has been gassed up - full take of premium gas (yeah, I
> know it's not necessary, but I've been running it hoping it
> would help - Also dumped in a little bit of injector cleaner
> -- although I doubt that stuff works).
>
> Note: this isn't a constant problem - just an occasional
> hiccup. It's an annoyance that I'd really like to correct.
>
> Sven
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > It occurs to me that if heat were a problem inherent on the GTS in
relation
> > to coils failing, do you think Pete would be the first to notice?
Probability
> > is against that. If it were a design flaw, it would show up by now.
Although
> > several other lesser designs may have had problems with this, obviously
the
> > GTS is not one of them. There are enough people on the list with much
more
> > milage than he has on his, so surely it would have surfaced by now.
Certainly
> > coils can be susceptible to heat failure with age, but just because your
> > parallel in line four cylinder horizontally opposed V8 moto whatever did
it
> > does not make it so on the GTS. :) It seems a lot of energy is expended
in
> > the wrong direction attempting to diagnose problems. A much higher
> > probability is carefully considering the immediate past of the
motorcycle.
> > Has service work been done on it? Has it been disassembled for cleaning?
Has
> > it recently been gassed up? More often than not problems that appear
> > instantly can be traced to such occurrences.
> > RSRBOB
>
