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Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Gene, May 5, 2008.

  1. Gene

    Gene Member

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    My bike was starting on two (2&3) cylinders, and then died after a couple seconds.

    I replaced one coil (1&4), still nothing.

    So must be gas, I thought. Cleaned the carbs, checked TCI and petcock,...After a couple months of working on it on and off, I was ready to part the thing out (I am moving to LA soon).

    Today I replaced the spark plugs as a last chance and the bike fired right on, I can't believe all the trouble I went through for 7 dollars worth of plugs :)

    So, lesson learned, altough the spark plugs looked good (little black, but good overall)...CHECK the EASY things FIRST.

    Gone riding.

    Hello to all my friends XJers!
     
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  2. MiCarl

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    We had a similar situation at the carb clinic Sunday.

    Bike would only run well above 2Krpm. Pulling 1 inch H20 vacuum.

    The carbs had been open and been spotless.

    We ran a compression check.

    We synced it (as best we could).

    Then in frustration we decided to colortune. Popped the colortune in hole #3 and all of a sudden ran much better.

    Turned out to be a bad plug and a loose cap on another cylinder.
     
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    This same thing with mine. Cleaned carbs and cleaned and cleaned again. Finally listed to advice of the vets who said, "Check yer damn sparks, girl!"

    I did. Turned out the threaded connection between lead and spark was worn fairly smooth. Not conducive to a great running bike.

    Thanks guys!
     
    juliecut, May 6, 2008
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