mark6978 Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Hey all I am a newbie to this forum I wanted to know if anyone had ever had anything like this happen. I had gotten a new nology coil a couple of months ago, and today i was warming up the bike to check the oil level after i had changed it and I heard a pop and the bike shut off. The popping sound came from the engine area and occured just as i hit the throttle a little. I checked for spark and didnt have any on either cylinder. I am pretty sure that it is the coil, anyone ever have this problem or know what may have happened. Quote
Bansh-eman Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 why are you pretty sure its the coil? my guess is your stator.. pull your cover and make sure your pickup didnt shift and get hit by the flywheel... thats much more likely then your coil going out.. Quote
mark6978 Posted March 23, 2007 Author Report Posted March 23, 2007 Thanks for the advice bansh-eman. I actually just pulled the coil and tested the resistance the primary coil read 0.6 while the secondary had none the meter remained unchanged. I tested it like the factory manual showed for the stock coil. I know this isn't the stock coil but would that indicate a bad coil. Quote
Screaming Yellow Zonker Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 I have had a similar problem but with no pop sound. The bike ran for about 30-45 seconds then just quit. I replaced plugs, had the coil checked. replaced the stator and flywheel just to find out that I blew the CDI box. Quote
blowit Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 I have had a similar problem but with no pop sound. The bike ran for about 30-45 seconds then just quit. I replaced plugs, had the coil checked. replaced the stator and flywheel just to find out that I blew the CDI box. Banshee guy is right, you should be looking right at that stator right now. If you "heard" a noise from the engine, then your spark is no more, that sounds like a sheared flywheel key, kicked initiator coil, or something like that possibly. If you toss your coil, send it to me. I am betting the coil is good. Your testing may be flawed or the meter might not be on its game or something but this sure sounds statorish to me. Brandon Quote
FireHead Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 Banshee guy is right, you should be looking right at that stator right now. If you "heard" a noise from the engine, then your spark is no more, that sounds like a sheared flywheel key, kicked initiator coil, or something like that possibly. If you toss your coil, send it to me. I am betting the coil is good. Your testing may be flawed or the meter might not be on its game or something but this sure sounds statorish to me. Brandon I agree that it sounds mor like a stator area problem, whether it's a sheared key, the inductive pickup, or the stator itself. For some reason, I have the idea floating around in my head that you cannot test a Nology coil in the same fashion as a normal automotive coil. I don't know why that is or if it is correct or not. Quote
Bansh-eman Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 im pretty sure you can test them the same... i know he hotwires has a capacitor built into them and that should make for a difficult test i believe but not for sure... i tend to stay away from electrical shit casue i dont fully undertand it... Quote
FireHead Posted March 23, 2007 Report Posted March 23, 2007 im pretty sure you can test them the same... i know he hotwires has a capacitor built into them and that should make for a difficult test i believe but not for sure... i tend to stay away from electrical shit casue i dont fully undertand it... Yeah, I am not sure why I am thinking that about the Nology coil. You should be able to test the primary and secondary windings of the coil just like any other coil. For some reason something just sticks in my head that there is something different about the secondary windings that makes it so you can't test it. I could be just making whole thing up though. I know how I can solve the problem though, as soon as I find the owner of Nology's business card. :thumbsup: Quote
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