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Like the title states, having some issues with my 996.
Rode to work this morning but wound up doing so in segments. Running fine when I left the house.
3 miles in to my commute, I stop for a traffic signal. Shift into neutral, bike idling fine and then it just stops.
It didn’t slowly die, more like a stall. I tried to start it back up and it just turned over. Gave it a bit of throttle and it back fired through the airbox a couple times. A very fuel rich smelling smoke then roiled out of the snorkels. At which time the light turned green and there are a dozen or so cars behind me.
This happened twice more, at the Main Gate to the Base when I had to stop and present my ID, and again when I had to stop for another traffic signal, each time the bike started right back up.
After the first one, the one I led off with, I pulled tonthe side of the road and texted my wife that she might have to come get me. I wasn’t at all sure where the smoke was coming from then.
After roughly 3 minutes or so, and the smoke clearing out, it fired right back up again. The next 2 times it fired up right away. I began to suspect bad gas.
About a half mile from work, the 996 sputtered out yet again at a traffic signal. I coasted to the side. This time was like the first. Did not start back up at first. 2 minutes later, it roared back to life.
I have a few suspects. Bad fuel, faulty ground somewhere, loose ECU chip.
I just eliminated the faulty battery as a possibility as it cranks strongly without issue.
I still have to ride home later and I have next to no tools here at work to do much more than tighten a loose battery cable. Any thoughts?
It seems to refuse to idle but will do so if I use the fast idle switch (thanks again Hervey!) and stay running without a hiccup.
Which leads me back to bad gas. I normally don’t use the gas from the base gas station. If I do, I try to keep the amount low. They’ve had a history of bad gas there so I tend to go to Chevron outside the base as much as possible.
On Wednesday I got gas on base as my low fuel light came on before I managed to get out of the gate. The only other time I’ve experienced anything like this with my 996 was on the way to the WCM last summer.
I had to get gas at place so far out in the boonies that the tank was gravity feed to the hose. They didn’t even have a real pump. 996 ran like crap most of the WCM because of it.
Again, any thoughts are welcome, ones to help me solve the issue preferred 😁
Rode to work this morning but wound up doing so in segments. Running fine when I left the house.
3 miles in to my commute, I stop for a traffic signal. Shift into neutral, bike idling fine and then it just stops.
It didn’t slowly die, more like a stall. I tried to start it back up and it just turned over. Gave it a bit of throttle and it back fired through the airbox a couple times. A very fuel rich smelling smoke then roiled out of the snorkels. At which time the light turned green and there are a dozen or so cars behind me.
This happened twice more, at the Main Gate to the Base when I had to stop and present my ID, and again when I had to stop for another traffic signal, each time the bike started right back up.
After the first one, the one I led off with, I pulled tonthe side of the road and texted my wife that she might have to come get me. I wasn’t at all sure where the smoke was coming from then.
After roughly 3 minutes or so, and the smoke clearing out, it fired right back up again. The next 2 times it fired up right away. I began to suspect bad gas.
About a half mile from work, the 996 sputtered out yet again at a traffic signal. I coasted to the side. This time was like the first. Did not start back up at first. 2 minutes later, it roared back to life.
I have a few suspects. Bad fuel, faulty ground somewhere, loose ECU chip.
I just eliminated the faulty battery as a possibility as it cranks strongly without issue.
I still have to ride home later and I have next to no tools here at work to do much more than tighten a loose battery cable. Any thoughts?
It seems to refuse to idle but will do so if I use the fast idle switch (thanks again Hervey!) and stay running without a hiccup.
Which leads me back to bad gas. I normally don’t use the gas from the base gas station. If I do, I try to keep the amount low. They’ve had a history of bad gas there so I tend to go to Chevron outside the base as much as possible.
On Wednesday I got gas on base as my low fuel light came on before I managed to get out of the gate. The only other time I’ve experienced anything like this with my 996 was on the way to the WCM last summer.
I had to get gas at place so far out in the boonies that the tank was gravity feed to the hose. They didn’t even have a real pump. 996 ran like crap most of the WCM because of it.
Again, any thoughts are welcome, ones to help me solve the issue preferred 😁
