Unofficial Royal Enfield Community Forum
Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet Electra & AVL => Topic started by: randombikerdude on October 19, 2012, 08:30:46 pm
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I was out of the country and stored my bike inside my condo, I drained all the fluids and removed the battery. Now I can't get it to turn over, I've replaced with fresh gas and even tried seafoam in the carb. Any ideas???
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Did you fog the engine when you stored it? Is the engine frozen or does it cycle at least?
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Try the easy stuff first.
Is the kill switch in the run position, key on, side stand up, petcock open, in neutral?
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what do you mean, you can't get it to turn over? You can't kick it through? It just won't fire? Please clarify.
Bare
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I've tried the ES and KS, sounds like it wants to get going just doesn't turn over. The engine is not stuck, I can hear it. I didn't fog it, what does that mean?
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Bet my peanut butter and jelly sandwich it's the spark plug.
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Spark Plug, that is what I was thinking.. since I've tried everything else..
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I've tried the ES and KS, sounds like it wants to get going just doesn't turn over. The engine is not stuck, I can hear it. I didn't fog it, what does that mean?
A lot of people don't do this, it's more popular with boat motors. You can save yourself some potential frustration if you do do it though.
Fogging oil comes in a spray. You just spray it in the intake while opening the throttle a bit. Keep spraying till it kills the engine. That prevents internal corrosion and rust (such as, on the spark plug).
Personally, I think this is more important to do now than ever. E10 is more corrosive than pure gas, and it collects water which will speed up rusting drastically.