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I have a dead pot number four pot is dead as a dodo.If I take off the cap it makes no difference to the running,I have just changed the carbs (had two dead pots before that?) If I take the cap off and hold it against the rocker covers it arks out a lot ( its new caps aswell!) would this solely be responsible for the dead pot.Also when I took out the plug to check it,it was absolutely spotless as clean as it was when I fitted it,cant fathom it out dont know if its electrical or fuel related any ideas

What Bike is this on mate ?

Age

Ok It sounds like an electrical fault to me !

Do you have a good spark on the spark plug ?

Is it a 2 coil system where you have 2 HT leads coming off each coil ?

Try swaping the Coils around to see if the problem moves to another Pot if so you have a faulty coil.

If this does not work then you have to look at the fuel system again, Remove your jets out of your Carbs and blow them out with high pressure air.

Try it

Age

hi yeah sorry mate its a harris magnum gsxr 1127 slingshot. I had another go at it this morning the cap is arking out all other the place never seen anything like it (new cap aswell) so I swapped it with another pot an surprise surprise that pot didnt fire cant be that simple surely can it? these are all new parts fitted couple days ago new plugs yesterday caps last monday woys the chances of buying two duff plugs and a duff cap!!!! keep you posted oh happy days.......

Yes you can buy 2 faulty ones mate !

Quality on parts aint as good as it once was as most companys now only test for quality on the minimum.

have fun

Age

[quote="Gsxrage"]Yes you can buy 2 faulty ones mate !

Quality on parts aint as good as it once was as most companys now only test for quality on the minimum.

have fun


yeah cheers lol

hi chaps put the bike into the garage they spent all day on it turns out its a knacked o ring in the float chamber never known it cause so much trouble

hi chaps well jus got my bike back now and its sweet needed quite a bit of work done.bloke who had it before jetted it up too much plus it was overfuelling due to the knackered o rings in the float chambers.they rejetted the carbs fitted new o rings balanced the carbs and another set of sparkies and she was ready to play.see ya on the highway lol......

Nice one Keef