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Message started by Dude on 09/29/05 at 11:29:49

Title: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by Dude on 09/29/05 at 11:29:49

Anyone know why I need to change out my spark plugonaregular basis, plug doesn't last long apprx. 1 week. Any help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by vroom1776 on 09/29/05 at 12:00:17

you may need to rejet. is the plug coming out black, white, what? I had to replace my ignition coil. It wasn't sparking the plug and as a result my plug kept fouling. Check out the tech section on reading plugs and the whoel carb/rejet thing...

Title: Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by SavageDude on 09/29/05 at 20:10:36

I agree with vroom1776. How old is your bike anyway? I know that on car, if the spark plug cable is more than 3 years old, it tends to go bad and give weak weak current to the plug --> weak spark --> foul up the plug --> plug go bad :-/
Unfortunately on our beloved Savage, I don't think that you can just change the spark plug cable alone ???

Yep look at this http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/300_0372/electrical/electrical.cfm?man=su&groupid=7040&parent=7030

Title: Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by Savage_Rob on 09/30/05 at 06:03:57

Try reading the Reading Spark Plugs (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1126253987) post in the Technical Corner and then come back to this thread to continue any discussion on it. It has several useful links that could point you in the right direction.

Title: Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by vroom1776 on 09/30/05 at 08:34:27

SavageDude wrote:

Unfortunately on our beloved Savage, I don't think that you can just change the spark plug cable alone ???

Yep look at this http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/300_0372/electrical/electrical.cfm?man=su&groupid=7040&parent=7030

Yep, I replaced items 10, 14, 12, 13... 10 was the only one that cost more than a couple of bucks, about $70.

Title: Re: Kepp changing my plugany help
Post by Greg_650 on 10/02/05 at 07:39:24

That is something about owners of the Savage that I do not understand. I don't understand why people always suspect the simple ol' spark plug as being the culprit or why they change them so often. We have been using the same plugs in our 2 Savages for 3 and 4 years respectively, and when they were changed it was only to try out a hotter plug....which made no appreciable difference anyway. It was a waste of money.

It is probably not necessary. I wouldn't change another plug, until I knew why the old plug is fouled. For us to help, you need to mention the changes made to the bike, and what problems you are having.