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« on: June 25, 2021, 05:43:39 pm »
Hi everyone!
My K13S came out of hibernation last week.
I'd drained the tank before putting it away (in 2019!) as much as I could.
Got it out to go to MOT last week - replaced the battery, and it fired up just fine. I let it idle for a couple of minutes, rode it up and down the drive a few times, no problem, all feels good. As it had very little fuel, I went straight to the petrol station, and managed to fit in 16L of the high octane stuff (and it's a 19 litre tank, so there was around 3 litres of old fuel in there.
Set off towards the MOT place, but I only got another mile and a half before it lost all power at 60mph, and coasted to a stop. Now, the engine turns over OK, but doesn't fire up.
It was at this stage I discovered my old (10 yrs old!) GS-911 has stopped working.... (new fangled wi-fi one arrives tomorrow!) Until it arrives, I'm stuck with guessing and trying to work out logically what's happened. So far, I've replaced the fuel pump, and tested it. I've tried bypassing the fuel pump controller too - still doesn't start. I've taken an air filter off and sprayed carb cleaner in whilst cranking the engine over - it did fire up temporarily, so I think I've narrowed this down to a fuel problem.
I was thinking it might be crud from the tank blocking up the injectors, but I think that would cause 1 or 2 cylinders to misfire - what I got was a complete lack of power, rather than rough running, so it's something that has affected all 4 cylinders at once.
Any ideas, anyone?
Cheers
Steve