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83 Honda VF 1100 C - V65 Magna discussion forum:RE: ´86 v65 fuel system |
| RE: ´86 v65 fuel system |
| dpjacoby said 2012-08-01 04:51 |
| Listen: mysterious cutting out of V65 explained in the attached portion copied off website www.weeksmotorcycle.com/v65. Most credible answer by fqar, and solved my problem after other waste of time stuff. Now the engine shuts down after about 10 minutes regardless of what speed I run. If I let it sit for 15 minutes, it starts fine and runs again for another 15 minutes or so then cuts out again. Where do I start looking? {John, Washington, USA - 1984 Honda, V65 Magna 1100} Answer: You would probably be right about the oil level safety if the V65 Magna had one. You may be thinking that because your oil indicator light when on right before the engine shut off. But, the oil indicator light on the Magna is just that - an indicator. It has no electronics hooked to it capable of shutting the engine off. Let’s try to get to the bottom of this. First, run the bike until it shuts off. Then check these items Immediately: Spark and Fuel. Test for spark using an additional, loose plug. Test all 4 cylinders, one at a time. You have 2 pulser or pulse generators on the V65, one for each pair of cylinders. If you have no spark on 2 of your cylinders, this points to one of the pulser generators being bad. Honda officially calls it the Pulse Generator Assembly, number 8 in the fiche, part number 16900-371-004, and sells both PGs as one unit. Unfortunately, it has been discontinued by Honda. You will either have to find one used or NOS. This same PG assembly was used on all US models of the 1983 to 1986 VF1100C V65 Magna and the 1984 and 85 VF1100S V65 Sabre. When the engine develops heat from running, the pulser generators “kick out” similar to a circuit breaker. The pulser generator \ |
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