[Shop-talk] Engine idling problem

[eric at megageek.com]

The spark plug looked normal, but the new one fixed the problem.

BTW, Neil suggested an "Italian Service".  I'm an Italian Jersey boy and I 
never heard that term.  I thought any service I did was Italian Service. 
8>)

What's an Italian Service (don't worry, you can't offend me.)


Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson 



From:   Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
To:     eric at megageek.com
Cc:     "shop-talk at autox.team.net" <Shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Date:   10/03/2016 08:38 AM
Subject:        Re: [Shop-talk] Engine idling problem



What did the spark plug look like when you pulled it out?

-- Jeff

On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 4:02 AM,  <eric at megageek.com> wrote:
> I have a 2009 Kawasaki KingQuad 750 that I use for work on my property.
> It's garage kept and I had it since it was new.  (so it's well taken 
care
> of.)
>
> Recently, I've had a problem with it starting and taking off  (it has an
> auto clutch and it dies when I try to put it under power.)  A search on 
the
> web has these problems listed from anything from a spark plug to a new
> computer (and none seems to have enough followup to let me know what 
works.)
>
> It got really bad and a new battery and plug seemed to fix it.  Problem 
is,
> it's starting to happen again just a few months later.
>
> Now, I really don't ever open the throttle up.  It's mostly used at slow
> speed or it's idling while I'm nearby.  I'm guessing this is part of the
> problem.
>
> Since it's such a beast, opening it up full throttle would take a small
> runway.  I did make a race track in one of my fields to run it more, but 
I
> was wondering if there was a better way.
>
> SO, my questions are...
>
> Is it my low speed/idling use that is causing the issue?
>
> Is there something else I can do to keep it from happening?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

>
>

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