Won’t start after a wash

[ignatiuz99]

Update. Still nothing. Will start in neutral with starter fluid. Ins not running on all cylinders don’t really know what to do anymore. How do I ensure each cylinder gets running.

[Nessism]

Back to basics. Remove each spark plug, put plug into boot, ground electrode, hit the starter, and make sure you have good spark on each cylinder.

Open each carb float bowl drain screw, and make sure there is fuel inside. Check your petcock; fuel show flow with the level on Prime but not Run. To fill the bowls, turn to prime until the bowls are full, then turn the level back to Run.

[ignatiuz99]

Thank you, I’m on it. Thanks for the good information as always. Where might I find those drain screws

[rphillips]

Bottom center of each bowl.

[Lorenzo]

While you are there, remove each spark plug cap wire by twisting it off and screwing it back again and apply a liberal coat of water dispersant on the inside. Who knows...?!

[ignatiuz99]

Okay just fiddled with each of those bowl screws, each bowl is getting gas. Petccok is on PRI. Double checked all the spark plug connection screws and they’re on tight or reference the right side of the engine is not firing. Left two exhaust do warm up.

[Nessism]

Did you check spark on each cylinder?

[tom203]

Odd….any chance that you fiddled with plug wires and misconnected them? Siting on bike, the left ignition coil fires #1 and #4 plug…right ignition coil does 2 and 3.

[oldGSfan]

In addition to checking the spark, I'd drain all the fuel out of the float bowls and tank, let air do its thing for a while, and put some 'dry gas' in with fresh fuel. Ya never know. Water in fuel will cause all sorts of problems. If that wasn't it you still got the fuel.

[ignatiuz99]

Boys… we did it. Yesterday after I drained the bowls, I let it sit until just now. Then I double checked spark with some leftover plugs I had sitting around, put them in, same result, switched the connectors on that side of the engine… magic. I hadn’t switched this at any point in my ownership, so it was the last thing I tried and ofcourse it worked. I think it was a mixture of waiting for something to dry out / spark plug connectors. Want to thank each one of yall for being so helpful, it’s communities like this that make riding feel like crack cocaine

[Rob S.]

...riding feel(s) like crack cocaine

Safety note: don't mix the two!

[Rich82GS750TZ]

So, what I gather from this story is that the coils to plugs wiring was either:
1)incorrect before the wash- and the bike ran perfectly

or

2)is incorrect now and the bike runs perfectly.

How can they both be true?

Did I read it wrong?

[steve murdoch]

That's sort of the way i read it too, Rich.
Regardless, glad you got it sorted out.

[ignatiuz99]

Rich82GS750TZ steve murdoch yes I know that’s a head scratcher, but yup that pretty much sums it up. I don’t understand either but it’s workin! \(•~•)/

[rphillips]

I agree with the one that said "Head Scratcher". Just glad to hear results.