Exciter II oil consumption

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nitris223

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Any body have the oil pump cable settings for a 91-92 ExciterII. This thing drinks oil like crazy. Gas consumption is crazy also. I am 4 jet sizes down from stock. I fouled about 8 sets of plugs in about 250 miles. It is burning about 1 1/4 litres of oil to 6 gallons of gas. Last ride out I got 42 miles to 6 gallons of gas. I think I may put the jetting back to stock and disconnect the oil pump and mix the gas.
 
If your 4 jet sizes down from stock how's your plugs look??(can you go leaner)

have you checked float level spec.,what about needle position??

how many R's you seeing, got a good belt on???
 
Plugs are blacker than 4 feet up a black cats a$$. Everything else is in the stock position. I can't read the plugs right because they are always getting to much oil. I have been told that these exciters can be very picky. The Yamaha dealer said they have never jetted on down that low. They won't give me the specs on the machine , they want me to bring it in so they can charge me $75 per hour.
I am a little scared that if I mix the oil and don't go back to stock jetting that I will burn it down..

I tried it stock with the oil pump hooked up and it would not run worth a dam and 5 mpg. Jetted down and got better.
 
Well you need that oil pump spec to begin with then you can go from there
i think.

you may have bad pump too,but i've never heard of that style pump going
south..

i would also check throttle end gap if you can get that spec. too

if no one posts it i can get my brother inlaws book to find out..
 
Daman that would be great. I can't find much on here about jetting for the exciter. It's been a PITA since I moved into town. I have to haul the sled out to check jetting, and back to change. Friggin cold right now to do anything out side..

You might as well get me the works. Air screw , main , pilot, needle clip positions.
I have always liked the Exciter but this one is giving me greif. I feel like selling it, but I put to much blood and sweat into it to let it go.
 
It's a good sled just gota get it dialed in, hang in there..:)

my brother inlaw has a '88 and it's been a damn good one too
no problems.(12,000 miles on it)

cold here too....
 
I have never seen But, have heard of Oil pumps failing and delivering W.O.T. oil mixtures. If you pull the oil pump cable all the way apart in the middle where the adjustment is then the crimped dot of one cable end should line up with the end of other cable .
 
I love the look of that old girl. Last year was lat for snow so I decided to tare it completely down after buying it for the wife. I painted the sled, did the top end because the previous owner only did one piston(hate that) good thing the other one was cracked. Installed a internal skid plate, bender widening kit, new drop brackets, custom floor grips(aluminum plate with 150 rivets in there), new ski skins, 1 inch track. new shocks all around, bearings all through out, and god knows what else. The wife liked it except for the gas mileage. Temperature change so fast I had a hell of a time jetting it and then came spring.
This year I picked up a 2002 SXR 600 for her, nice sled. I would like to keep the exciter for a backup sled for friends and family to ride . The gas tank is just to small for any of the trips we go on even if it ever gets to 10 mpg, but great for short rides around home.
 
I have a two dots on one end of the cable. The side from the oil pump. Do you check this a wot or throttle closed.
 
nitris223 said:
I have a two dots on one end of the cable. The side from the oil pump. Do you check this a wot or throttle closed.
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I can't remember what style pump that EX's has right now.. :o|,
that determines how you adj it..
 
The cable is by the airbox, coolant bottle. I was told you pull them apart and measure the distance between the two ends. Something comes to mind about full throttle when adjusting.
 
now I just need the measurements. Would it run lean if I left the jetting where it is and just mixed 50 to 1 and disconected the oil pump.


Got any tips for a 2002 SXR 600. It seems to have no pull between 5500 rpm until it spools up to about 6500 then takes off with good pull. Engagement is around 4000 -4200 rpm. I tested a venom and it pulls right from the get go. I know I need more weight in the tips because it revs out to 9000. I might check the secondary spring .

I can tune a polaris but Yamaha gives so many more options on the secondary spring, starts to get a little confusing with all the degrees.
 
No i won't lean out doing that,but i would try to get that pump working
first.

as far as your clutch, others can answer that one, but yea she's over reving for sure all the triples did in stock form,you want to be around 8500 WOT.

check out the tech section, some good set up's there from other members
that really make the triples pull.

clutch may have some worn out parts in it too,how many miles on it??
may want to pull it and inspect.
 
2300 miles or 3700 kms which ever one works easier for you. Going to go right now and work on the Exciter. I will keep checking to see if you post any specs for cable measurement.
 
you need to set throttle end play first,(1-2mm)
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What you need to do is have the throttle opend then pull the cable out
and the dot should line up with the end of the adjuster.

there is also another adj. on the inside of the pump but i think you
would need to pulll the pump to get at it,not shure tho.

this is what he said over the phone,i asked him to bring the book in
when he can,so i can get ya the other stuff to,and maybe post a
pic ot two.
 
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So the dot on the end of the cable attached to the pump should be just showing. I should not even see any of the inner cable I guess.
 
nitris223 said:
So the dot on the end of the cable attached to the pump should be just showing. I should not even see any of the inner cable I guess.
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right should not see any of the inner,, i mean just so you can see it,like
the top of the dot..

do them two things and hope fully it will be better if not we'll have to check
the inner setting..

also check on your belt cover, somtimes carb specs are on that.
 
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Checked the cable and it was set right. Dot was just showing. There is something about pump stroke , washers inside the pump or something. I don't know what I spend more money on, plugs, oil, or gas.

Could some dumba$$ put a different cable on it.

Is there anyway of running it for so many minutes, certain rpm, equals so much oil..

Could I run the sled in the garage with out the air box on.
 
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