| Author | Message | ||
     Fargojeff |
First, I'm having a tremendous time on my '10 Uly. I took it on a 3325 mile ride last weekend and had a great time. So at about the 3000 mile point, at 11pm, an hour after a steady rain started, I had a sudden loss of power, I couldn't maintain the 60-65mph I had been doing. I grab the clutch and start to pull to the side of the road. At idle it is surging some, but never dies, or shows an engine or oil light. I shut it down and checked oil and externals, looked ok. I started it and it loped a bit at idle, but I heard no odd sounds. I hopped back on and for the next few miles it would occasionally lose power and run rough, maybe on just 1 cylinder? After about 10 miles it stopped losing power and ran fair. Any guesses? The drivetrain is completely stock. I just ordered a set of plugs/wires to change (records with bike show they were replaced about 10k ago) also thought fuel filter?? My parts guy doesn't show that as a part separate from the pump... Is there a Fram part I can use? Any other suggestions before I have to bring it in, which is both 100 miles from home, and of questionable effectiveness. | ||
| Ourdee |
Sounds like you got something electrical wet. | ||
| Phelan |
I agree with Ourdee. I've seen it happen many times after a power wash (or heavy rain). Usually the coil. | ||
| Fargojeff |
So is there a solution?? Dielectric grease on the boots? | ||
| Phelan |
Dielectric grease helps. Also trying not to spray the coil when power washing helps too, DAMHIK  . | ||
| Timbobuell |
magnecor 2557 amazon prime. Same thing happened to me. Never again. | ||
| Froggy |
Check your plug wires, if they are not perfectly routed they will rub against the cylinders eventually wearing through, and when wet you won't get spark on both cylinders. | ||
| Pagprivat |
Had the exact same thing happening, and the solution was exactly as Froggy says above. Front plug wire had rubbed, lost front cylinder when wet. Be careful installing the new ones so they're not anywhere close to touch anything! | ||
| Fargojeff |
Thanks! I will start with plugs/wires and hope that does the trick. | ||
| Jesse_lackman |
I put Magnecore wires on my X this spring. I would not do it again. $25 per wire is ridiculous, especially when the fit is much worse than stock. (Message edited by jesse_lackman on May 27, 2015) | ||
| Jesse_lackman |
The stock back cylinder wire had burned off on the plug end, I think it was because it wasn't seated on the plug right. The wire part had pushed up into the boot and it was arcing inside. | ||
| Tootal |
One thing that helps with plug wire routing, at least the front wire, is to raise the coil up 3/4". I got some longer bolts and some spacers and raised it up so the front plug wire goes between the throttle cables. |
