Hi everyone, new to the forum, been reading about the hard start problems........but let me tell you what my S10 is doing
Background, 2013 S10 with 23k miles, all stock, PO bought the S10 with 12k miles and in two months rode from Chicago to Canada to California and added 11k more miles and sold it to me at the end of his trip, had regular services donde on the road every 3 to 4k miles, last service done in Vancouver, BC, before that in British springs...etc
I bought it from him exactly one month ago, and new I would be doing the valve check and whatnot fairly soon, he assured me the S10 never gave him any problems, so I bought it, rode it 3 times, it felt fine, and decided to park it untill I could import it into Mexico, wich I just did 3 days ago
3 days ago, all excited to ride it, changed oil and filter, and ordered plugs, air filter and new battery, just in case.....went to turn it on, nothing......what? hard start? did all the hard start procedures, hooked it up to a car battery to help the dying yuasa battery.......nothing, what the hell, removed the gas tank, and found missing screws, the air box lid was being held with 2 screws..........
so I removed everything I could, cleaned everything, took the plugs out and burned the excess carbon and oil, rinsed with carb spray........crank it, and nothing, fuel pump turns on, disconeccted hose, turned Key and fuel flows for a few seconds, and the flow looks good
Soooo, removed the motobatt from my other MC, replaced it on the S10 ( dang, that battery has big cojones , glad I ordered a new one for this S10 ) but no luck.....
So I went ballistics, removed and super cleaned every single positive and negative terminal just in case there was corrosion......no luck......so i said, you know what? fuck it......STARTING FLUID ......
sprayed some starter fluid on rubber stacks, turned ignition on, cranked it.......and it turned on, for about 3 seconds, and died.............did it again, but now I also had gasoline on a spray bottle, turned on, and kept it going for about 10 seconds spraying gas on the rubber stack....WTF????
So am I dealing here, with a faulty fuel pump or regulator? not enough pressure for the inyectors to engage? or maybe dead inyectors? I'm going to go to an Inyector cleaning business around here and have them clean and diagnose the inyectors......
Sorry for the long post, but if I'm missing something or if you have any input, it would be greatly appreciated.....
side note, do these bikes start when on the center stand? where is the tip over sensor located so I can diagnose it? thanks
Background, 2013 S10 with 23k miles, all stock, PO bought the S10 with 12k miles and in two months rode from Chicago to Canada to California and added 11k more miles and sold it to me at the end of his trip, had regular services donde on the road every 3 to 4k miles, last service done in Vancouver, BC, before that in British springs...etc
I bought it from him exactly one month ago, and new I would be doing the valve check and whatnot fairly soon, he assured me the S10 never gave him any problems, so I bought it, rode it 3 times, it felt fine, and decided to park it untill I could import it into Mexico, wich I just did 3 days ago
3 days ago, all excited to ride it, changed oil and filter, and ordered plugs, air filter and new battery, just in case.....went to turn it on, nothing......what? hard start? did all the hard start procedures, hooked it up to a car battery to help the dying yuasa battery.......nothing, what the hell, removed the gas tank, and found missing screws, the air box lid was being held with 2 screws..........
so I removed everything I could, cleaned everything, took the plugs out and burned the excess carbon and oil, rinsed with carb spray........crank it, and nothing, fuel pump turns on, disconeccted hose, turned Key and fuel flows for a few seconds, and the flow looks good
Soooo, removed the motobatt from my other MC, replaced it on the S10 ( dang, that battery has big cojones , glad I ordered a new one for this S10 ) but no luck.....
So I went ballistics, removed and super cleaned every single positive and negative terminal just in case there was corrosion......no luck......so i said, you know what? fuck it......STARTING FLUID ......
sprayed some starter fluid on rubber stacks, turned ignition on, cranked it.......and it turned on, for about 3 seconds, and died.............did it again, but now I also had gasoline on a spray bottle, turned on, and kept it going for about 10 seconds spraying gas on the rubber stack....WTF????
So am I dealing here, with a faulty fuel pump or regulator? not enough pressure for the inyectors to engage? or maybe dead inyectors? I'm going to go to an Inyector cleaning business around here and have them clean and diagnose the inyectors......
Sorry for the long post, but if I'm missing something or if you have any input, it would be greatly appreciated.....
side note, do these bikes start when on the center stand? where is the tip over sensor located so I can diagnose it? thanks
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