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Hymes Inc.

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Need help with my suzuki.
« 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.

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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #1 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)
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #2 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.
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2016, 06:50:29 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?

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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2016, 06:58:15 PM »


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

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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2016, 07:22:45 PM »


Just can't figure out where my missing cylinder went?  :laugh: :evil:
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #6 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.

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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #7 on: September 06, 2016, 08:09:04 PM »
 Cue the Steve Martin SNL clip  :laugh:

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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #8 on: September 06, 2016, 08:39:07 PM »
Wait.....I have to get the fish hook out of my mouth.  :tongue:
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #9 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.
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #10 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:
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Re: Need help with my suzuki.
« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2016, 02:13:27 AM »
Trolling. Guzzi style.


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