03-12-13, 11:54 PM
(03-12-13, 11:41 PM)Lawrence link Wrote: TPS has been replaced (with the carbs) but I can always swap back to make sure.
From what I understand about carb icing it's mainly when the engine is cold and in cold weather. When I'm leaving in the mornings now it's ~8C outside, my garage is around 15C and it does it constantly through my 1 1/4 hr commute. Also I'm pretty sure the carb heating pipes are ok as one of the rubber joiners split recently on the way to work (thankfully about 3 minutes before I got there) and was leaking coolant.
Just checked the battery voltages, engine off it was 12.18, warm idling it was 14.03 and at 2500rpm (I don't want to piss my landlord of too much...) it increased a fraction to 14.06. Are these ok?
My TPS broke down very gradually, rather than just stopped working one day, and it was only because a couple of other people were showing symptoms as well on here that i even got to learn about it.
Just before i changed it though the bike ran a bit lumpy and erratic, it was all a bit random really, it wasn't major but definitely not right.
And after reading somewhere earlier that it can cause fuel consumption problems i thought it all sounded a bit familiar that was all.
I randomly checked it a while back 'cos the bike didn't feel quite right, and the positioning was actually off, so it is noticeable when they're not spot on.
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