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2013 RSS SE5 won't start after winter storage
Let it sit in our barn covered since end of August, had a full tank of super when I put it up. When I took it out yesterday it wouldn't idle and ran rough when I kept the trottle on. Took it for a short drive and it died any time I needed to stop or slow, or otherwise needed it to coast at idle. Today I try to fire it up and it ran just long enough for me to get it under the carport then died, now it won't fire up at all, starter just turns and turns.
i was planning on running some sea foam or injector cleaner through already but now it won't run at all, could this just be from bad gas?
thoughts? Ideas?
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What exactly did you do............and may be not do......before you put the Spyder away........The bigger the mystery, the longer it will take to figure this out.......Mike
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Untreated fuel for that period of time is a no no.
Todays fuel breaks down after 60 days let alone 8 months.
Get that old fuel out it's junk. I would start there!!!
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Agree..!!
drain it..fill with fresh fuel and sea foam. Hold the throttle wide open and crank on her a bit then release and restart normal. If your still having problems pull the plugs and make sure their not fouled. Were there any codes or dash lights...??
2012 RS sm5 , 998cc V-Twin 106hp DIY brake and park brake Classic Black
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Did you read the Operator Guide? On page 118 is what you should have done. The only thing you can do now is take it to your dealer and have them fix it, good luck.
Mike
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Well, I "exactly" did nothing, apparently including reading the manual that might have told me what to do prior to LT storage.
Looks like I have some fuel to drain.
I presume I probably also fouled the plugs since now it won't fire at all.
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Originally Posted by MuGGzy
Let it sit in our barn covered since end of August, had a full tank of super when I put it up. When I took it out yesterday it wouldn't idle and ran rough when I kept the trottle on. Took it for a short drive and it died any time I needed to stop or slow, or otherwise needed it to coast at idle. Today I try to fire it up and it ran just long enough for me to get it under the carport then died, now it won't fire up at all, starter just turns and turns.
i was planning on running some sea foam or injector cleaner through already but now it won't run at all, could this just be from bad gas?
thoughts? Ideas?
check battery condition.
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Originally Posted by happyspyder2039
check battery condition.
Well it turns over pretty good, but it doesn't actually fire, it was running really rough for a few mins before it sputtered out and now it just whirs over and over and I can tell it's running the battery down so I quit doing that. I will probably throw a charger on it overnight before I flush the tank out so I have plenty of juice for the attempts at starting it with fresh gas.
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drain or siphon the old gas, put new gas in,put new plugs in, add some Sea Foam, charge the battery. Good Luck
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Let us know how you make out . keep us posted
Not good on injectors also
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Check the Vacuum Hoses too
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Well I syphoned all the gas and got some fresh Super and some injector cleaner and put that in and tried to start and it does the same thing, it will fire for about 2-3 seconds then dies and will not fire at all until it sits for another couple hours.
I was putting off the plug surgery but now I guess I have to move on to that. I plan on cleaning the injectors as well as long as I am in there.
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