I've been unable to ride since mid January due a couple of health issues and 3 detached retina operations where I've had to be face down for 6 weeks! I did start the bike several times and I finally put some Ethanol Stabil treatment in it about 3 weeks ago. I went to start it Sunday and it wouldn't start, fired a few times but stalled immediately. Monday I got it started and it seemed to run fine so I left it idling for about 10 minutes when it just shut down. I added some Sentry to it and some fresh non-ethanol gas and have tried to restart it several times but can't get it to fire up! Do I need to drain the tank and pull the fuel pump out and clean it? Right now, that would be a big project for me with not being able to see very well. Thoughts?
Old fuel problem!
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taskmaster86
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For some reason, the S-10 engine does seem pretty sensitive to stale fuel. Also your battery may need a good top off if it has been sitting that long. If the battery is topped off, just Siphon all the old fuel out and dump it in to a car gas tank and then fill the car gas tank with fresh gas and everything will be fine in the car.Kenack said:
As for your S-10, fill it up with fresh fuel, add some fuel system cleaner and then go for a long hard rip followed by a long highway ride. That will clear all the old fuel out, clean out the fuel system and get you back running good again.
Don in Lodi
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Six months isn't long enough to ruin the fuel, alcohol or not. Ten minutes is too long to idle this bike, it will automatically shut off. Meanwhile the lights stay on and kill the battery. ::010::
You may very well have fallen into the "Hard Start" hole. All that starting and dying. Read up on the wide open throttle trick to clear any extra fuel from the cylinders. Holding wide open lets as much air in as possible to dry things out and the computer shuts off the injectors. Don't crank the starter forever, 5-10 seconds at a time should do it. Don't overheat the starter. Having the battery on a decent charger is wise.
You may very well have fallen into the "Hard Start" hole. All that starting and dying. Read up on the wide open throttle trick to clear any extra fuel from the cylinders. Holding wide open lets as much air in as possible to dry things out and the computer shuts off the injectors. Don't crank the starter forever, 5-10 seconds at a time should do it. Don't overheat the starter. Having the battery on a decent charger is wise.
tuonodave
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I would give it another try and if it still doesn't start try starting it with the throttle held at 100% open. This puts the bike in the clear flood mode and lets it crank without firing the injectors.
The few times my 2014 ES had the hard starting issue this cleared it right up.
The few times my 2014 ES had the hard starting issue this cleared it right up.
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And if that doesn't work, jump it to the car, pull the fuel injection fuse, crank unil it pops, then put the fuse back in and it will fire up.
Nothing is wrong with the bike! It's just flooded and some fuel has washed down the cylinder walls, reducing compression and that combined with the minor flooded condition makes for a hard start.
Nothing is wrong with the bike! It's just flooded and some fuel has washed down the cylinder walls, reducing compression and that combined with the minor flooded condition makes for a hard start.