• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Rain and Starts but wouldn't run

M

mikebru

Husqvarna
AA Class
Just got back from the Durty Dabbers ride in Lock Haven, Pa. Good time and lots of riding. 2005 TE450.

Near the end of the ride Saturday it started to rain a bit heavily for about 1/2 hr to an hour. Bike ran fine until the end of the rain. I shut it off to take a break. It started back up and then crapped out down the road. Felt like I had no gas. Switched to reserve. It would fire up, I'd put in 1st, hit the throttle and stall. The same thing happened to me last year in a puddle. It was made rideable w/the help of friends then and I did the same thing this year. I turned up the idle to really fast and it would stay running. I rode the rest of the day that way. I also filled the tank about 10 miles later and it had plenty of fuel.

By the time I got back to camp, I turned down the idle and it ran fine. I rode all day Sunday, 110 miles, with absolutely no issues. I rode the Adventure route, not the regular w/the water crossing.

I got home to NJ yesterday and washed the bike. I then turned it on and sprayed water everywhere while it was running, expecially around the carb., but couldn't duplicate the condition. It still runs fine.

Is this a fuel issue since the idle 'corrected' something? electrical? Much of the electrical on the bike is 'ham and egg'd' by me and the previous owner.
 
Wet plug well grounding out plug. Very common. The newer plug caps seem to work better, and some di-electric grease wouldn't hurt on all your connections.
 
Hit post reply too early.

Thanks for the response. Is there anything I can do at the plug well to keep water out of there? I assume you mean the flat spot where the plug threads in. Do you know why adjusting the idle seemed to keep it running?

The guys I was with talked about the di-electric grease, also. Thanks.
 
There's a drain hole that comes off the bottom of the plug well, make sure it's clean and can let water drain out.

Being it's an '05 the rubber around the cap base might be shot. Try replacing the cap with a new one and put di-electric grease around the rubber when installing.

Also, inspect your coil, ground points, plug wire from the coil and make sure there are no cranks or insulation damage.

And, as I suggested in another thread, one way to find voltage leaks is to remove the tank, spary the area under the tank down with water and turn the motor over in a dark place. Any weak points will show blue tracers zipping way from them. I've seen some motors that look just fine until you mist them down with a spary bottle, then you get a real light show.
 
Motorhead - I just searched about spark plug wires, issues and how to replace them. I found an older post from you about using the tank vent hose to blow the water away and will try that whenever it happens again.

Regarding changing the plug cap. Do I have to order another plug wire assembly? I haven't looked too close yet, but how do you replace the plug wire or cap only? I checked the service manual but couldn't find anything about how to remove/replace. Thanks.
 
The cap just threads onto the end of the plug wire. You push it on as you turn it. The wire itself is molded to the coil and the two have to be replaced as a whole, or you can get a splice kit from NGK and replace most of the wire.
My old '93 350 4T was a pain when it came to this. I used to just start it and let it idle for a while and boil the water from the plug well. As you've seen, they'll idle just fine, but won't rev until the water is gone.
 
I would try to fabricate something for the plug wire to keep the junk out of the well,my buddy has a TE250 and he gets a lot of junk in his also. I see I am not the only one who got wet there on Sat.I was on a 125WR.
 
Thanks, Motorhead and Bill502.

Yea, wet and cold were definitely the key words from Saturday. I did like the dinner, though.

I avoided the water crossing on Sunday as I was looking for a relaxing ride the next day, especially after the stalling deal.
 
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