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My Spyder is home!!!

dltang

Very Handy Member
It is amazing how much withdrawal you can go through in a week. Any way, for those that are wondering how it turned out, here it is.

They replaced the oil pressure sensor/switch. When I took the Spyder in, that is the only thing that was throwing faults continuously. Remember though, I did disconnect my battery overnight before I took it up to the dealer. While it was up there, I also had them do an oil change, after they changed out the sensor. (sorry, I forgot to find out if the part numbers were the same, but the new part number they put in is 420956169) I had them put the Spectro Gold which is the Spectro Blend as we will be crossing a variety of climates it would seem.

I picked up my spyder this morning and it started right up. No hesitation, no spitting as I came to stops, no stalling, like it had started doing. Upon deceleration it is not backfiring and giving numerous loud popping. It Idles nicely. One other thing I am noticing and I don't know if it has anything to do with this and I am not sure why it would (explain if you know) my clutch seems tighter. The spyder is not throwing any more fault codes and the check engine light has not come back on. I am going to keep track of the idle, the popping and backfiring, if any lights come on and gas mileage for a few tanks. I will report any interesting or strange finding as they occur.
 
Glad to hear it Deb

Sounds like your dealer did a good job sorting out the problems. Happy continued Spydering! :2thumbs:
 
If Spectro is a new oil to the machine that would explain the clutch feeling, tighter clutch is ok some oils will make clutch slip and thats no good. Glad to hear its fixed happy Spydering:thumbup:
 
If Spectro is a new oil to the machine that would explain the clutch feeling, tighter clutch is ok some oils will make clutch slip and thats no good. Glad to hear its fixed happy Spydering:thumbup:

Spectro not new but went from regular Spectro 4 Blue to the Spectro Gold blend
 
Dino oils (and blends containing them) are not as"slippery" as pure synthetic oils, so that probably explains the slightly heavier clutch feel. Or...you could just have your clutch hand out of shape from a week's layoff. That's real withdrawal! :D
-Scotty
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Dino oils (and blends containing them) are not as"slippery" as pure synthetic oils, so that probably explains the slightly heavier clutch feel. Or...you could just have your clutch hand out of shape from a week's layoff. That's real withdrawal! :D
-Scotty
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Her Spider has been using Spectro Blue or Spectro Gold since day 21 or day 28 (when she had her 600 mile service done). I think she just got soft in the week layoff. :D
 
Her Spider has been using Spectro Blue or Spectro Gold since day 21 or day 28 (when she had her 600 mile service done). I think she just got soft in the week layoff. :D
That's what I told her on the chat last night...but I was more diplomatic. :D
-Scotty
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:clap::clap::clap:When are you coming through Indiana?

We are planning to be running through Indianapolis around 8 or 9 am on the 22nd. We'll have the plans more firmed up a few days before we take off. We are meeting Daddydarko there. He is from the west side of the state and we are from the east side of the state so we just decided to meet in Indy and run from there. If 8Legs still has the banner, we will pick that up as well but I do believe it sounds like it may get passed off and we may be picking it up in St. Louis.
 
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