flying wasp
Bicycle
Posted last week that my 08 with 8000 miles on it left me stranded on the last leg of a 3 day trip.First i'll say that I purchased this bike used in mid June with 5100 on it. I was about 1200 miles into my trip through n. wisconsin and the u.p. of michigan. Things were going just fine. I stopped in Muinising mi at a Shell station and put almost 4 gals of 93 octane fuel in the bike. I was happy to see a Shell thinking I'll give her a good drink. Took off and ran about 80 miles then stopped for lunch. When I came out from lunch the bike would not start,it would turn over and cough a bit and at one point did run real rough and puked out some dark smoke for about 30 seconds.
I posted and read a lot of people say "bad gas" when I talked to the service guy, he said "sounds like bad gas". Well I picked the bike up today,the final diagnoses was BAD GAS FOULED ALL YOUR PLUGS! I siphoned the shell premium and added fresh before taking it to the dealer just to try,still a no start. This is a big Shell with probably 16 pumps. When I Siphoned, the first 1/4 gal went into a large clear pickle jar for a sample and the rest into a can. The sample had no water separation and smelled liked clean fuel. However it was the color of 50/50 mix of antifreeze. It almost looked like the pickle juice that I poured out of it. The fuel in the can eventually made it into my lawn tractor and tractor as the bike was waiting it's turn at the dealer. When I ran these 2, the exhaust smell was quite unusual. The tech said when he put new plugs in the bike it started and the exhaust smelled like kerosene?Asked if I was sure I did not put diesel in it? NO!
So the question is? What the hell did this place sell me? And why no sign of problems on my 80 mile run after the fill up? I work at one of the auto companies and am trying to track down someone to do some testing on the saved sample. Ah the best part....$45 for plugs and 3.5 hours of labor @ $90 an hour. Just sold a muzzleloader this past saturday and was ready to buy a few things for the bike. Handed almost all of it to the dealer this afternoon $375! I really want to try to get something from the station owner,but have read that is almost impossible.
sorry for so long
I posted and read a lot of people say "bad gas" when I talked to the service guy, he said "sounds like bad gas". Well I picked the bike up today,the final diagnoses was BAD GAS FOULED ALL YOUR PLUGS! I siphoned the shell premium and added fresh before taking it to the dealer just to try,still a no start. This is a big Shell with probably 16 pumps. When I Siphoned, the first 1/4 gal went into a large clear pickle jar for a sample and the rest into a can. The sample had no water separation and smelled liked clean fuel. However it was the color of 50/50 mix of antifreeze. It almost looked like the pickle juice that I poured out of it. The fuel in the can eventually made it into my lawn tractor and tractor as the bike was waiting it's turn at the dealer. When I ran these 2, the exhaust smell was quite unusual. The tech said when he put new plugs in the bike it started and the exhaust smelled like kerosene?Asked if I was sure I did not put diesel in it? NO!
So the question is? What the hell did this place sell me? And why no sign of problems on my 80 mile run after the fill up? I work at one of the auto companies and am trying to track down someone to do some testing on the saved sample. Ah the best part....$45 for plugs and 3.5 hours of labor @ $90 an hour. Just sold a muzzleloader this past saturday and was ready to buy a few things for the bike. Handed almost all of it to the dealer this afternoon $375! I really want to try to get something from the station owner,but have read that is almost impossible.
sorry for so long