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Well it finally got warm here!
I checked all the wiring, even took the harness apart and checked it all out, and everything looks good. I cleaned all connectors & put dielectric grease in all of them. Replaced the voltage reg/rec & it fired right up. Checked the vacuum lines from the carb & there was no gas in either of them. So far its running fine again. It seems that all the problems were being caused by the reg/rec but I havent figured out what has caused it to go out twice within the span of a year.
Any other ideas besides bad ground connections?
Thanks!
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Thanks! Ill post back what I find this weekend.
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Pull the vacuum tubes off these ports on you carb and check for fuel in them. If able, let idle a few minutes first.
Well hopefully this weekend I can get to this! Still cold here, but supposed to get to 40 by weekend.
Tim-ANC, what if I do find fuel in one or both of these? Carb problem, fuel pump problem?
Thanks
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Yep, record breaker last night, only supposed to get down to about 8 tonight though. Thats a little better!
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I'll give it a shot if I can get it to start, but it has to warm up here first.
Was -13 this morning!
Thanks Tim-ANC
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There is no off option, its on, pri, and res.
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Thanks again oxidized_black!
Gotta wait for it to warm up a bit more & Ill go through it.
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Well it's been too cold, for me anyway, to work on it, but I believe its now blown the voltage reg again. I just replaced this last year! Started up fine & idled fine, but when I reved it up the headlights got real bright and blew out & it died. Now with no headlights, it wont start up at all. Pretty sure Ive got an electrical problem & probably not fuel related at all now.
Any thoughts on what would cause it to burn out the volt reg again?
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Thanks oxidized_black, hopefully I can get to it this weekend if not too cold outside.
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Vacuum operated fuel pump...
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Thanks for the quick reply... I should have mentioned that I ran some seafoam through it also, but that didnt help either.
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Starts fine and will run fine for maybe 5 - 10 minutes, then it sputters down to where it will barely move. It will idle fine but bogs down when given gas. If I turn it off then immediatly start it back up again, it will run fine for maybe 20 - 30 feet then sputter down to barely moving again. It will spuuter & cough & bog down for maybe 25 -30 minutes & then it will start picking up to the point that eventually it will run fine for as long as I want to ride it. I thought maybe water in the fuel, so I put some heat in it but that didnt help. I drained some fuel into a jar, but didnt see any water in it. I just dont even know where to begin. Any thoughts or suggestions?
Thanks!
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OK, just wanted to confirm that the voltage regulator was the problem. I put on a new one & everything is fine! Well, I have to replace the taillight & headlight bulbs (they dont seem to like 19+ volts too much) but other than that everything seems fine.
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Ok, apparently a voltage regulator/rectifier can cause this?
I checked the battery voltage with the key off & it read 14.5. I turned the key on but not the bike & it slowly dropped to 12.8 and stayed. When I started the bike it immediatly shot up to 19+ volts. I unhooked the regulator/recitifier, started the bike and it read a steady 13.4 & seemed to rev up and run fine.
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Well I took the entire body off and went through every wire I could find and they all look good. Took apart and cleaned all connections and it still does the same thing. A friend said it could be the voltage regulator. Thoughts on this? Could a faulty regulator cause symptoms like this?
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Thats where I thought I would start... does not sound like fun.
Thanks oxidized_black
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Hey everyone! I hope someone can help me out.
I have a 95 LT-F4WDX that I have been having a strange problem with. It starts & idles perfectly but when I try to rev it up it spits & sputters. I found about 2 weeks ago that when I turned the switch to "headlights on" it ran fine. That worked for a few days but then I had to position the beam selector switch in the middle of high/low beam for it to run right. That worked for about two days, now it must be on low beam & it has to warm up for about 15 - 20 minutes before it will run ok. When switched to high beam, the lights go out & it dies. It seems to me like it needs to have a load to keep running right.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks!
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Just signed up & wanted to say hey from Illinois. Looks like a great site!
1995 Suzuki LT-F4WDX - Im Stumped
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The reg/rec I just installed is different from the original & the one I put in last year, so maybe better luck with this one... hopefully.
Sorry no, put grease on all of them, not in all of them.