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Old 10-08-2011, 11:16 AM
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Hi, i have a s2 which if you went to it in the morning would offer to start but never totally fires up and then nothing!

It will bump start and once its been running it will keep starting all day. The spark at the plugs is there although it arcs around the tip but not directly between electrodes. Has had new dizzy cap, rotor arm, plugs, leads, changed coil.

I bought it as a project with this problem, could it be the dizzy itself?

any help much appreciated
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Originally Posted by EoinXR3
Hi, i have a s2 which if you went to it in the morning would offer to start but never totally fires up and then nothing!

It will bump start and once its been running it will keep starting all day. The spark at the plugs is there although it arcs around the tip but not directly between electrodes. Has had new dizzy cap, rotor arm, plugs, leads, changed coil.

I bought it as a project with this problem, could it be the dizzy itself?

any help much appreciated
Try a dizzy and see! all the rst stuff is that old it could be anything mate! good luck
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Youve check the battery & starter i take it?
Old 10-08-2011, 02:00 PM
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battery and starter are fine, it wont fire up, if i use a little starting fluid it'll fire up on it and then you can stop it and it will start again fine, its just the first start of the day
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