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08-04-2021, 10:57 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
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Hawk DLX- Died after 5 miles!
I just received my brand new assembled DLX from TX Powersports. Added a bit of gas, flipped on the key, and whammo! Fired right up. Took it out on the rode, and gently clicked through the gears. Got it out on the highway and was doing about 60, downhill, at maybe 3/4 throttle when BAM, it was as if the kill switch was engaged. Engine died.
Pulled over to the side of the road and shut her down. Switched the key back on, let the fuel pump cycle, and hit the start button. The starter engaged, but nothing happened. Just kept turning and turning. Wouldn't fire up. Wouldn't start. Got it home, hooked up a battery charger, and tried it again. Same response. Flipped the kill switch to the kill position, and hit the button...sounded the same as if the switch was switched to run. I pulled the spark plug and there's spark. I feel like this is an electrical issue, but I don't know where to start. Does anyone have any ideas? Many thanks in advance! |
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08-04-2021, 11:09 PM | #2 |
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There’s spark. Probably not an electrical issue on a brand new bike if spark.
That leaves air and fuel. Are all fuel valves open? Is it EFI or carb?
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08-05-2021, 02:23 AM | #3 |
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Did you adjust the valves before going on the ride?
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08-05-2021, 07:00 AM | #4 |
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I am with franque on this one... sounds like the valves are too tight once things got hot...
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08-10-2022, 03:28 PM | #6 |
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[QUOTE=bogieboy;364405]I am with franque on this one... sounds like the valves are too tight once things got hot...[/QUOTE.
I was just fast ideling getting ready to ride it changed pitch there was back fire and the 2021 dlx 250 efi stopped drained oil smells burned has smal flakes of metal. If the engine got to hot could it blow a safety fuse that blow when engine gets hot or did valves get hot and now need alignment? Any one have any thoughts it only been riden twice 200 hours |
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08-05-2021, 08:53 AM | #7 |
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DLX is injected, and since it's firing ,I would prime it with a little gas and sees if it hits. It could be a fuel pump, or injector or sensor . Should be under warrenty. When you say it turns and turns ,Does it turn faster,or more easily than you expect ? If so it is probably the valves not closing.
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08-05-2021, 11:17 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Iowa
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Thanks everyone for your ideas and thoughts. This is the DLX, so EFI. When I was riding it and it died, it was just as if I flipped the kill switch. When I first started it, the sound it made while starting sounded like an engine trying to fire. Now when I try to start it, there's no firing sound, just turning and turning. It sounds the same way when you try to start it with the kill switch engaged.
I'm thinking it's got to be electrical tied to the kill switch somehow. Or a fuse as idle suggested. Does anyone know where to find an electrical diagram? Thanks again! |
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08-05-2021, 11:32 AM | #11 |
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If you are absolutely positive that you are getting spark (these are nice:https://www.harborfreight.com/90-in-...RoCGhcQAvD_BwE), then it is fuel and air. Make sure you have gas at the injector. You can also spray some starter fluid into the intake as you're cranking it. You can check the valves by doing a compression test. https://www.amazon.com/Engine-Compre...94936651&psc=1
I HAD to adjust my valves B4 starting and after 100 miles also. One sort of extreme thing to do is pull your injector and see if it is spraying. |
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08-05-2021, 11:59 AM | #12 | |
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08-05-2021, 12:07 PM | #13 |
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The bike should have come with a spare fuse, 10w bus fuse. The fuse is usually located near the battery somewhere in line, you will be able to open it up and swap the two fuses and with some luck she will fire up.
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08-07-2021, 03:30 PM | #15 |
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Fuel, air, spark -- and compression. Could be a serious loss of compression -- busted valve(s), cracked piston....
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