[Shop-talk] Engine idling problem

[Neil Sherry]

Sounds like it needs an Italian Service...

On 3 October 2016 09:02:06 BST, eric at megageek.com wrote:
>I have a 2009 Kawasaki KingQuad 750 that I use for work on my property.
>
>It's garage kept and I had it since it was new.  (so it's well taken
>care 
>of.)
>
>Recently, I've had a problem with it starting and taking off  (it has
>an 
>auto clutch and it dies when I try to put it under power.)  A search on
>
>the web has these problems listed from anything from a spark plug to a
>new 
>computer (and none seems to have enough followup to let me know what 
>works.)
>
>It got really bad and a new battery and plug seemed to fix it.  Problem
>
>is, it's starting to happen again just a few months later.
>
>Now, I really don't ever open the throttle up.  It's mostly used at
>slow 
>speed or it's idling while I'm nearby.  I'm guessing this is part of
>the 
>problem.
>
>Since it's such a beast, opening it up full throttle would take a small
>
>runway.  I did make a race track in one of my fields to run it more,
>but I 
>was wondering if there was a better way.
>
>SO, my questions are...
>
>Is it my low speed/idling use that is causing the issue?
>
>Is there something else I can do to keep it from happening?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.
>Eric P
>"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a
>rational 
>being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
>Waldo Emerson 
>
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