polarisdragon800
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-2008 Ktm 200 xc-w
So last spring, I was washing my bike with the pressure washer, got in and around the frame pretty good, maybe to close. Went to go and start it, no spark. Ok so I pull apart kill switch, dry it out and put dialectic grease in it. Bike has spark and fires up. Perfect. Next day, no spark.. Eventually it fires and runs fine for a few hours of shutting it off and starting it. Randomly, it won't start, no spark. Mess with kill switch and by coincidence it starts. So it's got a temperamental spark problem. Half the time it has spark half the time it doesn't. If I can pull it behind a truck or find a good enough hill, it will actually jump start, only thing I can think of is that theirs a loose connection somewhere, once theirs enough electricity generated from higher rpms the bike starts, or when the connection is fine it starts no problem.
I have..
-checked all connections leading to coil and spark plug.
-changed kill switch
-changed Coil.
Still no spark, probably still temperamental. I am stumped, what would cause this?
So last spring, I was washing my bike with the pressure washer, got in and around the frame pretty good, maybe to close. Went to go and start it, no spark. Ok so I pull apart kill switch, dry it out and put dialectic grease in it. Bike has spark and fires up. Perfect. Next day, no spark.. Eventually it fires and runs fine for a few hours of shutting it off and starting it. Randomly, it won't start, no spark. Mess with kill switch and by coincidence it starts. So it's got a temperamental spark problem. Half the time it has spark half the time it doesn't. If I can pull it behind a truck or find a good enough hill, it will actually jump start, only thing I can think of is that theirs a loose connection somewhere, once theirs enough electricity generated from higher rpms the bike starts, or when the connection is fine it starts no problem.
I have..
-checked all connections leading to coil and spark plug.
-changed kill switch
-changed Coil.
Still no spark, probably still temperamental. I am stumped, what would cause this?
