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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    True, but rhe Ramair is a distant proposal, at least until I find gainful employment. Right now, after spending wodsadosh on the HT leads and needing new brake pads and tyres......
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    OK, loads of good advice received, thanks. I ended up chasing the thread like Gerald suggested, then new plug finger tight plus a 1/4 turn. Didn't want to take the risk of torquing it up too much. After waiting ages for the new HT leads to get here (anybody'd think there was a war around here...
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    Accessory Clock

    Doesn't Tuneecu show fault codes?
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    Accessory Clock

    It does sound like a loose connection. The speedo gets it's signal from the ECM through the speed sensor, but according to the manual if the speed sensor's faulty it would throw up a P0500 error code. I'd try disconnecting and reconnecting the black (A) ECM plug. Or give 'im a wee shoogle.....
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    I also realised the plugs are NGK DPR9EA. The manual says DPR7EA, although some comments on this forum say there's a choice between those and DPR8EA. TheDPR9EA's are colder plugs and could explain why they're a little dark, some minor carbon deposits. I'm starting to wonder what a previous...
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    That's what scares me. There are vids on Notmetube showing guys rethreading the plug hole, and they make kits for this; some take it seriously, some less so, and one buffoon's idea was to run the engine with the plug out to blow the swarf out, but I'm not sure I'd ever be comfortable with it...
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    Was there any lasting damage? I used the borescope and the threads look a little rough but intact. As my abilities improve I'll see if I can take some useful pics tomorrow. I'm reluctant to run a thread cleaner down them in case I drop swarf into the chamber though, so after all this talk...
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    Thanks guys, but another question, and sorry if I'm drifting off thread.... I'm sorting out the compression test now, but I can't get the engine to crank more than one revolution. Battery's charged & plugs are all out, but when I hit the starter it turns then cuts out. Hit it again and same...
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    That's kinda why I was asking, nobody I spoke to has come across something like this, but I'm actually a bit relieved. The noise had me worried - I couldn't track down anything blowing with the tank down, so weird thoughts around blown head gaskets or sticky valves without the obvious other...
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    Thanks Atomsplitter. Interestingly the plugs all showed corrosion around the faces, like you spotted, except the affected one. I wonder how long it's been sitting there, working loose. Washing is a twice-weekly activity here with all the dust.
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    Spark Plug Blown Out?

    Guys, while trying to sort out a "misfire" in my 2012 Roadster, I came across something I've never seen before. The number 6 plug was out of its thread completely, laying at an angle in the tunnel/hole/shaft - I fished it out with long nose pliers. The plug gap is completely closed. The HT...
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    Power Commander V

    I did some reading, and the PCV quickshift can handle upshifts, but wrong throttle control for downshifts. Think I'll give it a miss. However.... I'm also looking at a stage 2 for my HD, when I can afford it, and stripping the PC5 to reuse there might be an option.
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    Power Commander V

    Eh? Sorry, I've never used one, and I don't ride that fast these days anyway, but you still have to use your foot, unless there really is something new?
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    Power Commander V

    I wish, but I don't have a left ankle (literally) to use it. I need to lift my whole foot off the peg to change, making it a rather more deliberate process......
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    Power Commander V

    Thanks. Forgive my simpleton brain - the PCV (or PC5) adds or subtracts to/from the values in the ECU map, but doesn't hold the base values itself. Correct? So changing the ECU map could, as you say, give some really odd behaviour without also changing the PCV additions/subtractions. So...
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