FAILURE TO START/
DIFFICULTIES IN STARTING
8-2
TRBL
SHTG
?
Spark plug
Ignition coil
Ignition unit
Switches and cables
PROBABLE CAUSES
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Electrodes gap not correct
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Electrodes worn
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Feed cable interrupted
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Wrong thermal grading of spark plug
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Defective spark plug cap
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Primary or secondary winding interrupted
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High voltage cable defective
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Defective coil
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Defective unit
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Defective pick-up coil
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Woodruff key broken
Starter motor
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Starter motor defective
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Starter motor relay defective
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Diodes defectives
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Starter one-way bearing defective
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Main switch defective
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Emergency stop engine switch defective
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Harness with cable interrupted
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Neutral switch defective
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Sidestand switch defective
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Clutch switch defective
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Starter switch defective
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Cylinder and cylinder head
Piston and piston rings
Crankcase and valves, crankshaft
PROBABLE CAUSES
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Spark plug tightening insufficiently
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Cylinder head or cylinder insufficiently tightened
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Cylinder head gasket broken
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Cylinder gasket broken
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Cylinder worn, damaged or seized
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Piston rings wrongly assembled
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Piston rings worn, yielded or broken
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Piston rings stuck together
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Piston seized or damaged
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Poor crankcase sealing
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Crankshaft oil seal edge damaged
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Poor valve sealing
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Valve and seat with insufficient contact
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Valve timing wrongly
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Valve spring broken
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Crankshaft seized
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Camshaft seized
POOR ENGINE COMPRESSION