800 EFI - Water issues

[Ken]

Any of you guys have any thoughts on this problem....


Riding this weekend, we made MANY water crossings. Finally, Lori's 2005 800 had problems running. Any thing hard on the throttle, it seemed like 1 cylinder was sputtering...coughing...and nearly die. Let off...it returned to idle.

Clearly, after riding without water...it dried up and ran fine the rest of the day.

I was thinking spark plug wires....anything else?

[Kendo]

Something electrical got wet. Troubleshoot and fix it.

[GrizzlyGuy]

When you find the problem, might be time for some StarBrite Liquid Electrical Tape. I use it on my electrical connections, such as on my winch contactor's terminals:

http://www.reddenmarine.com/site/new-de ... d=STB84106

Great stuff, you brush it on and it turns into a rubber-like insulation that basically extends the insulation on your wires. I have a can of each color (red, black, white, green) so as to preserve the original color-coding of the wires/connections. You can get this from a variety of suppliers, even Amazon.com.

[Ken]

Something electrical got wet. Troubleshoot and fix it.

You must be a joy to troubleshoot with at work.

[Kendo]

Hey, as long as you keep your 'house' in order, we get along just fine.

I'm sure it's spark related, be it at the CDI box or the plug itself. Might be the wire too, something was causing that right bank cylinder to misfire very consistently.

[Ken]

You know..I was thinking about it...the right side wire I remember was "burnt" when the pipe got hot. I think I'll replace it...and see what happens.

[Kendo]

Ya see, this is just like at work - "I didn't do anything" - a little more research and questioning - "oh yeah, I DID click on that thing but I didn't think it meant anything".

I see I am going to have to deal with you like I do my users. First question - what did you do??

[Ken]

[d2photo]

I keep tellin you folks,

HE LOOKED AT IT...

[ACLakey]

Ken, you might start by putting dielectric grease in your spark plug boots. This will keep the water out, but still conducts electricity for spark. I know several guys that ride in water alot and they use it in all of their electrical connections.