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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
Reply #15 -
07/16/10 at 15:16:00
Ariel,... the wd40 was intended to be used as a mild starting fluid...
Sorry for steering you wrong here,... but I just read that wd40 has changed it's formulation... It now uses CO2 as a propellant and won't work very well as a starting fluid any more...
I guess you'd do best to buy a can of starting fluid... Look for one that says it includes a lubricant in it....
Again sorry...
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Serowbot wrote
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Ariel,... the wd40 was intended to be used as a mild starting fluid...
Sorry for steering you wrong here,... but I just read that wd40 has changed it's formulation... It now uses CO2 as a propellant and won't work very well as a starting fluid any more...
I guess you'd do best to buy a can of starting fluid... Look for one that says it includes a lubricant in it....
Again sorry...
Yeah, no problem. Good to know what I'm looking for.
In other news, I got an 18mm spark plug socket that wasn't deep well. It proved that an 18mm would probably fit, but now I'm having trouble finding an 18mm deep well. Decided I should just order the proper thing online but I haven't really been able to find one. Anyone got any links to what I need?
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
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07/16/10 at 18:10:30
Why don't you go to a Suzuki dealer and get one.
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ArielT wrote
on 07/16/10 at 17:50:40:
Serowbot wrote
on 07/16/10 at 15:16:00:
Ariel,... the wd40 was intended to be used as a mild starting fluid...
Sorry for steering you wrong here,... but I just read that wd40 has changed it's formulation... It now uses CO2 as a propellant and won't work very well as a starting fluid any more...
I guess you'd do best to buy a can of starting fluid... Look for one that says it includes a lubricant in it....
Again sorry...
.... Anyone got any links to what I need?
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00944435000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&block...
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
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Digger wrote
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http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00944435000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&block...
IHTH!
Isn't this just a standard socket? Don't I need one particular for spark plugs?
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
Reply #20 -
07/17/10 at 15:48:03
any socket of the correct size will do.
although it's nice to have the insert, that's all it is an insert.
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
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07/17/10 at 16:49:27
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any socket of the correct size will do.
although it's nice to have the insert, that's all it is an insert.
...Oh. That makes this much easier.
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Reply #22 -
07/17/10 at 18:17:45
I don't have an insert in the socket I use for the plug.
Not needed, really, since the plug is not recessed much, unlike in some other engines.
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07/19/10 at 15:59:44
Alright, well. Progress. I pulled my spark plug and found it rather half-covered in black stuff. Likely carbon fouled. When I hooked it up to the lead and tried to test, I got a weak spark. So, I whipped out my voltmeter to test the battery and found it at a comfortable 12.5 V.
Does this mean I just need to get a new spark plug? Should I try to check the wiring first, or is the spark plug just a way more likely culprit?
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
Reply #24 -
07/19/10 at 23:11:06
Slap a plug in it, get it running, if it craps out soon, then get another plug & look for the problem.
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07/26/10 at 05:34:58
Well. There's no air filter, apparently. (WTF?)
I managed to get it going with the starter fluid. It didn't stay going, revved a bit and died, which is maybe the problem I was having before I thought I solved with the petcock.
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07/26/10 at 07:13:20
& how longhas it been being ridden w/ no air filter? How many miles have you had on it?
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07/26/10 at 07:53:51
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& how longhas it been being ridden w/ no air filter? How many miles have you had on it?
I realized I took it out when I got a new one and just never put the new one in. Probably hasn't had more than 10 miles on it since. But it's been about a six months that there just hasn't been an air filter in it.
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
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07/26/10 at 08:48:25
MMkay, no harm done then, unless those 10 miles were n a sand storm.
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Re: Turns over, but scraping noises
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07/26/10 at 09:10:43
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MMkay, no harm done then, unless those 10 miles were n a sand storm.
Out of curiosity, how many would it take before there was harm?
Erm, but more immediately. If the starter fluid works, does that rule certain things out / point to something?
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