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Cylinder 2/3 not Firing

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I recently rebuilt my GS750 engine. I had a bit of a hard time getting it to start until recently the bike fires up right away. Last night it took it for a spin and it was running quite well until half way though the ride the engine lost most of the torque and seemed like it was only firing on 2 cylinders. Sure enough today I took a look at the plugs and inside the cylinder.

Plugs 1/4 were a nice tan color and the cylinder inside looked dry. Plug 3 was pretty black and and the cylinder looked wet. Plug 2 was wet and the cylinder was wet as well.

I tested the resistance over the coil I got a reading between 3.6 and 4.0 ohms on the coils. All 4 plus sparked and all 4 HT wires produced a spark. I am not sure if this would be an electrical problem / fuel problem / engine problem. One thing I did change before the ride was I put on the case cover breather filter and the hose is pretty long it sits on the pods of carbs 2/3. But with the breather venting air I would assume it would be lean not rich.

I can definitely hear a back fire while riding and need to be at full throttle to really get any power. This all changed on me mid ride last night from having a well riding bike.

Any ideas what it might be or what to check?
 
Electrical sounds OK (since all plugs spark). could be floats set wrong on 2 and 3. but since it ran OK and changed mid ride, I'd suspect a mechanical issue. What did you "rebuild" here? Check compression in 2 and 3- I hope it ain't the head gasket between them.
 
tom203 said:
Electrical sounds OK (since all plugs spark). could be floats set wrong on 2 and 3. but since it ran OK and changed mid ride, I'd suspect a mechanical issue. What did you "rebuild" here? Check compression in 2 and 3- I hope it ain't the head gasket between them.
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Thanks Tom,

I will double check the floats next week when I get back in town. I kicked over 90 psi on all cylinders but forgot to open the throttle so I will have to re do that. I am going to pick up a leak down tester and hope that will give me an indication of what could be wrong. I rebuilt the entire engine. New oil seals and piston rings. Honed cylinders. Lapped valves.

The points for cylinders 2/3 had some white build up on it (carbon?) since I last adjusted them, so I used some fine sand paper to take that off. Is that an indicator of anything.

I would like to upgrade to DYNA Ignition and coils but I want to make sure I fix the problem before I dump any money into it.
 
So I ran a leak down test and all cylinders are only at 5% so I did a decent job on the rebuild. But why are the cylinders not firing? Any ideas? I am going to dish out the money for Dyna coils and ignition and hope that fixes the problem when I get the next pay check. Stampede is really making it hard to save money haha and it just started.
 
Recheck the plug gaps and IF youve got a little extra wire, unscrew the caps and clip off about 1/4 inch and rescrew caps back on. Youll be amazed at what a nice fresh connection can do for it.
 
And whats the ignition?? Points and condensors or electronic? Condensors going south can make it misfire and stutter as well.
 
chuck hahn said:
And whats the ignition?? Points and condensors or electronic? Condensors going south can make it misfire and stutter as well.
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Thanks Chuck, they are points and condensers. All coils measure resistance well and fire. Not the best. I did see some white residue build up on the 2/3 points so maybe they are on their way out. Ill buy the new Coils, wires and ignition and hopefully that helps!
 
chuck hahn said:
Recheck the plug gaps and IF youve got a little extra wire, unscrew the caps and clip off about 1/4 inch and rescrew caps back on. Youll be amazed at what a nice fresh connection can do for it.
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I'll recheck gaps. I gaped them before the ride and it was running great then all of the sudden it craped out.
 
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