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Title: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Hymes Inc. on September 06, 2016, 06:00:52 PM

Have a 1000cc suzuki that will only go 90mph, one cylinder seems to be missing, plugs and wires are all pretty new. Still gets 45-50 mpg though.

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Kiwi_Roy on September 06, 2016, 06:09:39 PM

Get a spray bottle filled with water, spray it on each header pipe the evaporation rate will tell you if one is running cold (missing)

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: rtbickel on September 06, 2016, 06:24:02 PM

Define "pretty new".  Even new plugs and wires can cause problems if roughly handled during installation.   Plugs gapped correctly and insulators not cracked, plug caps tight/correct spec for application, wires tight in coils?  Try starting it in a dark grage and see if there is any arcing, battery connections tight and corrosion free etc etc etc.

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Lee Bruns on September 06, 2016, 06:50:29 PM

Quote from: Hymes Inc. on September 06, 2016, 06:00:52 PM

Have a 1000cc suzuki that will only go 90mph, one cylinder seems to be missing, plugs and wires are all pretty new. Still gets 45-50 mpg though.

Year and model, please. Stock airbox? Stock exhaust?

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Hymes Inc. on September 06, 2016, 06:58:15 PM

(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/Hymes_Inc/09061618431.jpg) (http://s797.photobucket.com/user/Hymes_Inc/media/09061618431.jpg.html)

Just can't figure out where my missing cylinder went?  :laugh: :evil:

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: lucky phil on September 06, 2016, 07:22:45 PM

Quote from: Hymes Inc. on September 06, 2016, 06:58:15 PM

(http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy254/Hymes_Inc/09061618431.jpg) (http://s797.photobucket.com/user/Hymes_Inc/media/09061618431.jpg.html)

Just can't figure out where my missing cylinder went?  :laugh: :evil:

Ha, very good, another reason to let a thread "mature" before jumping in.
Ciao

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Hymes Inc. on September 06, 2016, 07:30:06 PM

Yeah, was feeling cheeky today.  Figured as soon as someone asked vehicle specifics the jig would be up.

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: oldbike54 on September 06, 2016, 08:09:04 PM

 Cue the Steve Martin SNL clip  :laugh:

 Dusty

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Tom on September 06, 2016, 08:39:07 PM

Wait.....I have to get the fish hook out of my mouth.  :tongue:

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: zedXmick on September 06, 2016, 08:57:18 PM

That was a great engine....put 200k miles on my 1990 geo metro in 9 years. Only routine service (oil filters) and changed the timing belt and spark plugs every 80k. Summer time saw 55mph and 45mph during winter. Sold it to a guy from Russia that was going to take a 3month trip across the USA before returning home. Bet that engine went 300K.

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: tris on September 07, 2016, 01:46:25 AM

Boom Ta Daaa  :thumb:

Triumphs aside I always think that a 3 cylinder engine is one cylinder short/too many ...... or plain weird  :laugh:

Title: Re: Need help with my suzuki.
Post by: Doppelgaenger on September 07, 2016, 02:13:27 AM

Trolling. Guzzi style.