dam rain!

baldy · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Karma :

hi
i set off to college this morning in the super storm and my bike broke down Thumbs Down

i was sat at the side of the dual carriage way for 2 hours before i could get it going again. when i got it home i pulled apart the engine and there the problem was. water had somehow got into the engine and caused a major carbon build up around the plug. not on the plug or anywhere else. anyways, cleaned up the entire engine and it runs like a dream Very Happy

anyone ever heard of this problem before on the nsr and what causes it

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Adam_P · World Chat Champion Joined: 23 Jan 2004 Karma :

Hex · Party Boy Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Karma :

Water caused a carbon build up? Eh?

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

As anyone educated to GCSE level for Chemistry will tell you, you cannot get carbon from water. Smile

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Rob · World Chat Champion Joined: 16 Mar 2002 Karma :

But you can get carbonated water! Boom Boom! Laughing

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carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

/ me points to the door.
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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

You cannot get carbon from water. Smile

Diehard · Trackday Trickster Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Karma :

Carbonic acid is a form of acid rain (I think), caused by excess build up of CO2 in the atmosphere. If water seeps into the engine around the plug (plug not tight enough mabe, but then again you'd have bad compression Confused

) I think that with the water turning into steam and reacting with the other vapors from the petrol you get the acid rain effect in your engine. Therefore carbonic acid and then carbon deposits. Now I quit college after my first year and really struggled to remember that so if it's wrong I'll gladly step back. But if it's right... I'll be amazed Very Happy

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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

If it was Carbonic Acid then it would react with the metal, not form carbon deposits. The carbon deposits are formed through incomplete combustion when there is not enough air to allow the mixture to burn properly. Besides, the strength of the Carbonic Acid is nowhere near enough to make any difference to an engine. Thumbs Up

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Diehard · Trackday Trickster Joined: 18 Jan 2004 Karma :

Told ya I was wrong Wink

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monkeyman · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Jan 2004 Karma :

Just sounds like you flooded it. i've been led to belive it's common on the nsr, happens to me about once a month, specially if its cold. I take a 6 MM allen key,spark plug tool and a wire brush whenever i go out on it now.

Gets it going again in 5 minutes.

You should be a bit more careful what you say in future because your posts will get hammered. Think its because of the rain making people a bit cranky
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