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Ding Dong Diesel.
Athame57:
Hopefully I'll get my bike back tonight or tomorrow. She certainly needed the rebore and new pistons that's been done ( Thanks Bryan) but I now know why I had run into sudden and smokey trouble in the first place.... I'd just finished topping up with diesel, by mistake of course. A senior moment to see the bluddy least. ::)
The mechanic noticed a fuel spill hadn't evaporated and looked closer, discovering why things weren't going well after all should have been fixed by now.
Is there a special prize or title on this site for these things? ;D
Bryanj:
Tee shirt and video required for prizes, but yes the bores were not good, glad its running again
exvalvesetdabbler:
On the plus side, it's reassuring to know what the root cause was and the bike hadn't broken itself.
Guess the plugs were a bit gunked up as well.
Mine smokes and smells like a tractor on first start up with white spirit residues in the carbs. I fill the carbs up with white spirit with a few drops of oil for winter storage. Drain it out before turning on the fuel tap.
Regards
Dave
taysidedragon:
That explains why it happened rather suddenly!
We need an award for Plonker of the Month! 😟
I'll probably win it more than anyone else.
Athame57:
--- Quote from: taysidedragon on September 17, 2025, 07:52:28 PM ---
I'll probably win it more than anyone else.
--- End quote ---
Right now I'm not sure about that. ;D
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