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My 1995 model was running great when I did a 200 km ride 3 weeks ago, now it won’t start. I checked spark and compression to find only 65psi. Have checked carby and valve seating plus piston and rings but found nothing apparently wrong. Now out of ideas.

ian, Australia 



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Question On your compression test:
Did you hold throttle wide open while cranking with a good battery?

Seems odd to just lose compression between starts

How did you check rings & piston? Is head off?



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If you have a spark, your timing chain hasn't jumped and there was not nasty noise when you last rode it, I would be looking at fuel first. Is the plug wet when you spin it over?

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Hi guys, I fixed it. When I had the head off the first time, I filled the combustion chamber with petrol and it didn’t leak through the valves so I assumed they were seating ok. I also pushed on each follower and they moved freely. I purchased a valve lapping tool and lapped in all the valves as well as buffing the valves near the stems, and when reassembled it resulted in 140psi so problem solved. I can’t believe such a small amount of carbon on the exhaust valve seats could cause such a big drop in compression. Especially as it was working well on last ride, then just wouldn’t start a few weeks later.
Thanks for reading my post. Ian, Gippsland, Australia

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I forgot to mention that I had removed head and barrel to check rings plus bore. Also had carby off when testing compression so had full airflow.👨‍🔧🥳

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Great!
That was a lot of work sir, proud to hear results were successful.

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Good job on the valve seats.  It sounds like you could benefit from a new set of piston rings to get the compression back into specification range.

Compression range.JPG

 

 



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Hi again, after solving the starting problem, I have now discovered that there seems to be no output from the generator/alternator. The first thing discovered was the red wire terminal at the rectifier/ regulator was badly overheated along with that part of the plastic plug being damaged beyond repair.  Following the workshop manual hints I checked all connections along the red wire to the fuse and battery and all seems ok. Checking the resistance of the white wires to the stator I got 0.9 ohms between all combinations so I assume the stater is ok. Can I unplug the regulater and measure the output from the stator with the engine at fast idle? In the mean time I have ordered a new regulator.

cheers from wintery Australia 



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Yes, you can unplug the reg/rec to check stator outputs. AC don't forget.
Corroded spade terminals will get hot - current trying to pass through a small contact area. Worth checking all the wiring terminal blocks.
Good luck!

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Thanks moss proof, I just checked alternator output and it is healthy 30+ac so now it is a waiting game till the new regulator arrives later this month🤞.Then hope nothing else goes wrong. I rode an old bits a XT500 for 25 years without an electrical or mechanical fault and regret selling it to get an electric starter button.🤷‍♂️👨‍🔧🤐

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