coil or carb problem

[Anonymous]

Hello, 82 gs 1100E, bike starts and runs. While i was spaying engine degreaser on engine after warming bike up, I notice that exhaust pipe 1,2 and 4 burned off the degreaser but exhaust pipe 3 did not. I touch the exhaust pipes and 1,2 and 4 were hot to the touch and 3 was warm. I tried to check for a spark from wire #3 and it does not appear to have one, but I will chek later with spark plug removed at night to see better. Any suggestions? Waiting on manual to arrive any day. Thanks in advance.

[lberkhei]

It's probably not the coil, since that coil fires both #2 and #3 cylinders. Could be the wire or plug to #3, though. If the spark checks out OK, then the #3 carb is suspect.

[Anonymous]

can wire be replaced

If the wire is bad can it be replaced with any spark plug wire?

[SqDancerLynn1]

I would suspect the plug cap or plug The wires are solid core Generally do not break. Unscrew the cap & check the resistance of the cap. The cap should read around 5K ohms

[Anonymous]

plug wire

Checked plug wire, wire is fine, will check plug. Thanks

[Anonymous]

pulled plugs

Pulled plugs today, #3 was wet, 1,2 and 4 are running rich, I swap the plugs from 4 and 3, to see if the plug is bad. I also removed carbs, will report back results after putting carbs back on.

[robinjo]

If you take off the cap and ground the wire does it give a big blue spark? at least 8 to 10 mm, If so good, cut off a little and put the cap back on after checking resistance and corrosion. Then try with a proven good spark plug if you have good spark.