stupid day...installed new battery, now bike is running on 1 cylinder

[DaveWestModesto]

I replaced my battery this morning after having to jump start my R1150GS. Bike ran fine after jumpstart, but old battery didn't have power to restart the bike after stopping at a store. I installed new batter in parking lot. After getting bike started it was only running on the right cylinder. I tried wiggling fuel lines, electrical connections, pulled left plug wire and wasn't getting spark. Disconnected wire from coil....replugged it in....started getting spark....tried to leave on a shop ride and was back to one cylinder. Something must have been pinched or damaged during tank removal/battery installation. Should I start with changing the plug wires?

[DaveWestModesto]

Missed the Cycle Specialties shop ride to Yosemite because of whatever I screwed up. Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave

[Haynes]

Just some simple things:

Check that the fuel injector plugs are both connected.

Check that you haven't unseated one of the throttle cables.

[Jim Moore]

One of your throttle cables has come ut of it's cup down by the throttle body. Five-second fix.

[dirtrider]

Morning Dave

 

As mentioned above check the throttle cable seating at the TB furrel (cable probably sitting in the edge of the furrel) . Usually at the right throttle body as a problem at the left usually just jacks the idle speed up but doesn’t kill a cylinder.

 

Did you do a TPS relearn after installing the new battery? (it’s in your riders manual)

 

If checking the throttle cables doesn’t make it run right then do a TPS re-learn—To do that - remove the #5 (Motronic) fuse for about 30 seconds, then re-install the fuse, then turn the key on (do not start the engine), then fully open & close the throttle twice (choke must be off). That is all there is to it.

 

 

 

[DaveWestModesto]

Thanks to dirtrider, Jim and Haynes for the info. I will try all of your suggestions. I checked the plugs for the injectors at the shop....I will recheck them and the throttle cables. I didn't to a TPS relearn after installing the battery. I don't remember doing the last time I installed a battery either through.....that was a couple years ago. The bike hasn't been getting ridden. Baby is now 4 years old, and I deliver her to daycare every day, so I can't use my bike for my commute. I am hoping to get back out on the bike more, it will become my commute vehicle again when she goes to kindergarten in another year.

Thanks for all the advice,

Dave

[DaveWestModesto]

There was a GS coil and wires for sale on ebay...I bought it last night just in case that was the problem. If the ideas of the members here are correct, I now have a spare coil and plug wire set...lol.

 

 

 

[DaveWestModesto]

Thanks for the help guys. I went out after work today....guess what. The cable on the right throttle body was up out of the cup. I popped it in, and the bike is idling correctly. The coil and wires I bought on ebay will be put away as spares for a rainy day.

Ride Safe,

Dave

[Jim Moore]

Thanks for the help guys. I went out after work today....guess what. The cable on the right throttle body was up out of the cup. I popped it in, and the bike is idling correctly. The coil and wires I bought on ebay will be put away as spares for a rainy day.

Ride Safe,

Dave

Welcome to the club. Now you can join the race to tell people when they do the same thing. It's kinda like a game for those of us who have done it before.

[dan cata]

Welcome to the club. Now you can join the race to tell people when they do the same thing. It's kinda like a game for those of us who have done it before.

 

 

That pic of the cable should be up on the main board frame near the forum logo

 

Dan.

[outpost22]

Welcome to the club. Now you can join the race to tell people when they do the same thing. It's kinda like a game for those of us who have done it before.

 

Hey, I never got my club membership badge! They must of run out of badges due to the large membership roster.

 

It seems that 90% of the time it's the right side ferrule.