Idle Stalling FIX ! 8000 miles now ( no problem )

dragline708

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Before you read anymore: I dug up this post ,a year later
Bike had about 5000 miles on it then, Now has 13,000
the last 8000 miles... it has NOT
Searched for idle
Stalled
Run a low idle
Run A high idle
or made so much as a burp
IT HAS RUN GREAT :!: :!: :!: :

INFO has been Deleted
it is a cable adjustment
 
Have a look on this written by SprintRide :

"Tom, you've just shown everyone with a potential problem how to band-aid it. You have a good idea and in theory it should work, but there are things going on in that fuel injection system that maybe you don't know about, or eeek...don't understand. No worries, it took me quite awhile to figure it all out. Aparrently some dealers unfortunately still have not. By adjusting the throttle stop screw and not adjusting the primary TPS switch, you know that is adjustable right you have just changed the volume of air running throught the throttle bodies which will affect the M.A.P. sensor. The MAP sensor tells the ECU how much air is flowing at shallow throttle angles, i.e. 12% opening or less. So by changing that you have now reduced that range that the MAP sensor operates from 0-12% to say 2-12% opening. Did you set your stepper motor voltage afterwards? I didn't see it mentioned in your text. Everything you did only contriubtes to making the bike run richer at idle, which certainly will create a strong and stable idle, but it could contribute to creating other issues down the road because your not fixing the problem, just covering it up. I would recommend caution when considering attempting this procedure, you're opening a can of worms here. If those adjustments throw the throttle bodies out of calnration to the point that they don't opperate correctly, the throttle bodies while have to be replaced and you don't even want to know what they cost....... "
 
Further on that dude showed his was talking out his ass though. Dragline I hope the problem will stay away, only time will tell. It looks with Tuneboy you can set idle for each temp range.
 
Dragline-- Sounds like your mechanic took some slack out of the throttle cable. He had you hold it where it should stop in order to idle correctly then he removed the slack in the cable. So that should be a permanet fix. If it is still idling higher when hot - that is when you could use the TB to lower idle at higher engine temps.
 
It looks that the TB should be able to resolve the hunting idle. Does it happen only on start up or after warm? I have noticed mine doing the same on warm up when cold.

Dragline, see what you think.. I would think if you close the throttle no matter what RPM range you have been running if there is too much slack it is still going to tell the throttle bodies to close beyond what is needed to maintain a strong idle. No experience just a thought. Look in your owner's manual under throttle inspection and see if the adjustment they show was what you think he did. In the '06 manual it's page 70. Just an idea as I am curious what your mechanic did.
 
Ever since 54 tune was put in I have had the intermittent
rough idle/engine dying problem.
Since putting in T'boy no problem so far.
Les
 
Dragline--- I am wrong on the cable slack theory (first thought with old school way of thinking). If that was done your idle would more than likely be even more irractic. After studying the post at .net some more and the service manual paerhaps it's an adjustment to the idle speed control stepper arm.

After the fan turns off screw the setscrew in until you have about a 850 RPM idle displayed on the OBD II scanner. If you don't have a scanner you will have to use the inaccurate tach on the bike.
 
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