Bilbo's Journey

[Eric GSX1400K3]

No leaks around the exhaust, in that no soot etc.  Will give the exhaust side of the block a good clean, and polish the headers for a bit of being, might make her behave

[Hooli]

That rubbing is probably just a badly fitted exhaust. Mine was rubbing the sump before I got it & years later I had a leak when the thin bit of the sump cracked. I bit of slackening & jiggling got more clearance. So I'd expect you'd sort that as you refit the system.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Well, to continue the LOTR mash up, it seems Middle Earth is saved once again.

So today was shed time after working diligently through SWMBO lists and the usual grocery chore.

Efi pump was back in the tank and cleaned.the target was swapping the old injectors back in and befitting the Akra exhaust.  Swapped old injectors back in,using the new o rings and seals, plus a dab of ht grease on the seals to ensure they slid home in the throttle bodies.  All done, then I got excited and fired it up, admittedly forgetting I had no headers of muffler. The noise was quite frankly LOUD, like Mt Doom erupting when Frodo and Sam descend after Gollum falls into it with The Ring.  Woke up the dogs and I think everyone wlse in a 3 block radius.  Interestingly, it idled at 3000rpm  and no miss, backfires etc.

Then spent sone time polishing and befitting the header, 2into1 splitters and end can, came up a treat BTW. Fired it  up,started first go and sat at 3000rpm.  Turns out the hand idle was wound in, so undoing that slowly, revs dropped to 2000, then 1500 then settled at 1100 rpm  and no misfire, pops or stumbling off throttle.  Let it warm up then did some revision pulls to 6-7k, sweet as, settled right back down to 1100rpm.

I call that a fix, I think the 40aud injectors, the msladjusted stps,new map and broken stator signal magnet all played a part.

Ran out of daylight, will take it for a run tomorrow.

For now all is good in the Shire....

[Hooli]

Excellent news, that sounds very promising.


Btw way with all the LOTR references I first read it like this...

Elf pump was back in the tank

Which gives some strange images.

[grog]

Eric,was that first time changing injectors back since running poorly?

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Eric,was that first time changing injectors back since running poorly?

yes, but after changing MAP and Stator plate, new plugs and resetting the STPS. 

Last time I buy cheap injectors off Ebay I think

[grog]

Think theyve caused you a lot of grief and def not saved you money. Primary reason for your dilemma me thinks.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Yup, even though the part numbers matched, connectors and seals etc  all fitted they were rubbish.  I binned them today.

[grog]

Yeah Mate,ive had some great wins on ebay, just a couple of failures. Its a bit life in general, some you win, some just a face kick.Next episode is the important one.

[T250]

All done, then I got excited and fired it up, admittedly forgetting I had no headers of muffler.

Probably just gave it the best valve job Eric  (used to do it on the old Trumpets)

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Well, two rides in since running right again and happy to say it rides like it should. Did some tooling around the 'burbs, idles and behaves well.  Then took it 'out back' and did a few runs of 0 to ~100mph (160kmh) clicking through the gears like a tap dancer on opening night, revs free to redline and still pulls like a train. Blew out the cobwebs for sure

Happy days.

One thing I have noticed though is the drop into 1st gear when standing still.  Might be the oil needing a change (due end of Dec) or perhaps the slave cylinder needs a look at.  Was trying with the idea of fitting an Oberon slave, they look very well made...

[grog]

Great news Eric.Dirty fuel initially but crap injectors caused all your work.IMO Change the oil, bleed your clutch, they all clunk into first.Spend your bucks on fuel😎

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Cheers Grog, always the voice of reason on here.

[Hooli]

Sounds like you've fixed it Eric, bet you're relieved!

Re 1st, yeah they all do that. But a strip & clean of the slave never hurts as they do get gunked up with chain lube & crap thrown off the chain. Clean the push rod too, it just slides out. Just make sure it goes back in the same way so any worn/pitted/corroded surface doesn't wear the seal inside the engine.

I always give the front sprocket a wobble when in there too, as I've occasionally seen them come loose. They never seem to come off as the speedo trigger holds the sprocket nut on.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Cheers, will do.  Bite point seems a bit further away than I'm used to, action is still nice.