Running real poorly

caughtulooking · 03-10-2008, 1:42 PM

Hi, I am new to the boards. I have a 94 GSXR that I tried to do a simple at home plug change. Well everything was going well until I pulled the spark-plug boot away from the wire. I went to a local bike shop and bought a new plug coil. Well after I installed the new plug cover the bike has ran like SH**. It feels like the bike does not want to pull itself, cuts out, and sometimes backfires. I am sure it has something to do with the boot coming away from the wire but I thought that fix the issue when I bought the new cover. Has anybody else delt with the issue before? What did you do to correct the problem?

Charles486 · 03-11-2008, 2:05 PM

check your vacuum tubes, its easy to leave one off or switch them during a plug change, otherwise you can always pull the pugs and check for fire manually

caughtulooking · 03-12-2008, 9:17 AM

I dont remember pulling vacuum lines when I pulled the plugs. The part that I bought from the local bike shop is a plug that has a self tapping scrrew that cut part of the wire away and thread the plug boot on. Is this an effective way to correct the problem I created?

Charles486 · 03-12-2008, 10:10 AM

replacing a coil or the whole coil wire would be better, i dont think ive seen anything like what youre describing

Charles486 · 03-12-2008, 10:11 AM

where are you in illinois?

caughtulooking · 03-12-2008, 10:48 AM

Decatur