1 Leaky intake Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:55 pm
James
Silver member
I've been riding the K around a bit, exploring all of the sandy country roads around my house. Everything is pretty good except the intake leaks. I'm just having so many problems with umetered air, it seems like it's coming in everywhere.
I did the injector rings but still had a leak so I replaced them again and it mostly cured air there. There is still the tiniest bit of a leak there so I'm thinking there's dirt or a burr causing it. Not to bothered about those since the rings are cheap.
There's also a leak under the intake manifold rubber. When I tried to fix it the first time I noticed it wasn't completely flat and looked melted. I don't really know how to explain it well but it had a raised bit and just didn't look right. I put a little threebond there and it helped a lot but still leaks.
Those intake manifolds are pretty expensive more than $200 for 4 new is pretty ridiculous. Are they supposed to be completely flat on the bottom or is the little raised bit normal b/c I I really don't want to have to replace them and that doesn't look right.
The symptoms I'm having are: stalling when stopping, low mpg, hard starting without choke, slight delay in throttle response from idle and it bogs at 5k and jerks the bike. It's my assumption that these are all probably because of the leaks but other opinions would be good.
http://k100rt.aforumfree.com/t1651-leaky-intakes-rough-running
I read this^ to and even though those rubber bits are expensive it seems they need to be replaced and it's a life of the bike thing from this point but it will be a hard purchase to make.
I did the injector rings but still had a leak so I replaced them again and it mostly cured air there. There is still the tiniest bit of a leak there so I'm thinking there's dirt or a burr causing it. Not to bothered about those since the rings are cheap.
There's also a leak under the intake manifold rubber. When I tried to fix it the first time I noticed it wasn't completely flat and looked melted. I don't really know how to explain it well but it had a raised bit and just didn't look right. I put a little threebond there and it helped a lot but still leaks.
Those intake manifolds are pretty expensive more than $200 for 4 new is pretty ridiculous. Are they supposed to be completely flat on the bottom or is the little raised bit normal b/c I I really don't want to have to replace them and that doesn't look right.
The symptoms I'm having are: stalling when stopping, low mpg, hard starting without choke, slight delay in throttle response from idle and it bogs at 5k and jerks the bike. It's my assumption that these are all probably because of the leaks but other opinions would be good.
http://k100rt.aforumfree.com/t1651-leaky-intakes-rough-running
I read this^ to and even though those rubber bits are expensive it seems they need to be replaced and it's a life of the bike thing from this point but it will be a hard purchase to make.