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Puddle Jumper
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| have an 08 vision with 58,000 miles cam vfc111 and air filter added. all of a sudden it hesitates and misses like it is not getting fuel. checked the schrader vavle and fuel sprays out of it. i'm wondering if it could be bad gas or water in the gas. it gets better the more i ride it but still feels like it is missisng. anything i can check myself or will it need to go get plugged in at the shop? |
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Cruiser
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Monrovia, Ca | Check the air intake harness. Mine was rotting and leaking bad. |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| check battery cables with wrench
Auto parts store will rent you a fuel presser tester for next to nothing
you want 50psi
don't go by what spays out do a test |
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Visionary
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So Cal | Check spark plugs & wires. Also check fuel pressure & fuel pressure drop when injectors are pulsed. |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 15
| don't i need a special tool to check the fuel pressure, an air gauge wouldn't do it would it? |
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Cruiser
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Mechanicsville, VA United States | What JohnnyVision said!
My bet is the fuel pump.... |
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Tourer
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New Mexico | obm - 2013-10-04 10:38 PM
don't i need a special tool to check the fuel pressure, an air gauge wouldn't do it would it?
According to this article I would guess a tire pressure gauge would work, but then gauge would be ruined.
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/pressure-gauge3.htm
Edited by Boots 2013-10-05 10:18 AM
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | yeah, I'd check the fuel pressure FIRST. I had a failure on mine, the dealer did over $100 worth of "troubleshooting" only for it to be the fuel pump that has no code, just pressure at the Schrader valve. |
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Cruiser
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NE Florida Jacksonville | I would still check the IAC and all the rubber hoses, the vacuum feed was split and had fallen off the nipple. When that happened my bike would stall coming to a stop and it liked to back fire on all down shifts. The connection will need a 1/2 inch rubber hose to reconnect the IAC back to the nipple feed. |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 25
| could also be as simple as some bad gas clogging up one of the fuel injectors... I had a similar thing happen with my Vision recently and a bottle of fuel system cleaner (Techron) and a tank of gas cleared it up after about 150 miles of riding. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | 3 weeks ago, my 11 vision was sputtering in higher gear.. i was on my way to work and wasnt sure what was wrong. so i pulled over and checked my battery terminals.. they were only 1/2 loose.. but guess what.. ALL WAS WELL !!! and has been ever since..! =) |
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Visionary
Posts: 4278
| NO a tire gage will not do it |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 15
| so bottom line line is it still needs to go into the hop and have them check it |
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 15
| and the winner is fuel pump. 30 psi while running. thanks for all of the help and suggestions. that is why i love this site. |
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bike hesitates and miss fires