Roadsterryder
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Today’s report… lol. 3 trips (around 8 miles total) around town and she started every time. Took the Tupperware off on the left and located the crank sensor. Removed it just to see if there would be any metal pieces on there like someone else in another forum suggested. Looked clean, just oil on it. Installed it back in the housing.
Saw a little oil around the cylinder all the way down past the output shaft to the oil filter area. It must have seeped out from somewhere over time, because it is all caked on to the engine with road dirt/dust. So my question right now is, can I spray some engine cleaner/Simple Green on there, then hose it down without causing any more problems? That way I would be able to eventually see where the oil is coming from.
And also, something I was wanting to pass on… when I removed the MAP sensor to replace the hoses, I noticed the MAP sensor was kind of loose inside the little plastic housing where the hoses attach to. It was loose only in the area where it would be all the way seated down. Pulling it out of the housing, it became tight again on the way out. The green O-ring of the MAP sensor was all flattened out. So I tried to find a new O-ring at the Autoparts store but no luck. Back at home I took my heat gun and applied heat carefully to the O-ring area. It didn’t even take 10 seconds before I could see the O-ring go back to it‘s original shape and the material felt soft again like a normal O-ring. Then when I reinstalled the MAP sensor back into the little plastic housing with the 2 hoses, it felt tight all the way down. No need to replace the sensor.
This is one of the reasons I have to get the Spyder running without breaking down anywhere. I will have to load up the Spyder by mid August.
We will be going on a trip to the West Coast starting in Michigan. The Spyder has to be reliable, like it has been in the past years.
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Saw a little oil around the cylinder all the way down past the output shaft to the oil filter area. It must have seeped out from somewhere over time, because it is all caked on to the engine with road dirt/dust. So my question right now is, can I spray some engine cleaner/Simple Green on there, then hose it down without causing any more problems? That way I would be able to eventually see where the oil is coming from.
And also, something I was wanting to pass on… when I removed the MAP sensor to replace the hoses, I noticed the MAP sensor was kind of loose inside the little plastic housing where the hoses attach to. It was loose only in the area where it would be all the way seated down. Pulling it out of the housing, it became tight again on the way out. The green O-ring of the MAP sensor was all flattened out. So I tried to find a new O-ring at the Autoparts store but no luck. Back at home I took my heat gun and applied heat carefully to the O-ring area. It didn’t even take 10 seconds before I could see the O-ring go back to it‘s original shape and the material felt soft again like a normal O-ring. Then when I reinstalled the MAP sensor back into the little plastic housing with the 2 hoses, it felt tight all the way down. No need to replace the sensor.
This is one of the reasons I have to get the Spyder running without breaking down anywhere. I will have to load up the Spyder by mid August.
We will be going on a trip to the West Coast starting in Michigan. The Spyder has to be reliable, like it has been in the past years.
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