Radiator removal (valve clearance )

[Valzdl650]

70000 km and no shim change I spoke to the previous owner and he said he never checked the valves once and he was the owner from new ! Lowest intake was 0.13 and lowest ex was 0.23 so all within tolerance ! What a bike

[nigel s]

Glad for you,
and me ,
If mine works out the same I will be more than happy

[Valzdl650]

To be fair it’s actually really straight forward , it’s bloody cold outside in the garage thou think u need to get a heater in there, next I will job I’ll put rad back on then I will strip down the breaks for a full de gunge, doubt it’s ever been done and then a new chainand sprockets should keep me busy for the rest of December
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[Valzdl650]

Got it all back together and started up no issues, I bought a Lambada plug and connector to cancel out my FI light for oxygen sensor but still it comes on ? 😞

[nigel s]

Hi valdzl650,
I know little about the electrics,but am a little confused by your terms.
Are you talking about the sensor in the exhaust?
Did you get a code?
Are you meaning you got into the diagnostic system?
A bit more info may help others on the site who know more sort it out for you

[Valzdl650]

Thanks for the reply, so basically when I was changing the clutch I accidentally caught one strand of the wiring for the o2 sensor in the casing when putting the clutch back together 😡 so my FI light was on C44 I then bought from eBay the plug and the little connector so as to cancel out the o2sensor but my light still
Comes on and still
With C44

[Valzdl650]

This was where it caught the wire,and here was the switch I bought

[Valzdl650]

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[nigel s]

If it is just a cut wire and the sensor is still OK could you repair the wire?
Just spitballing here,not had my 650 long enough to have anything go wrong.
Is the code a stored one, being shown by being in diagnostic mode,or an active one.

[Valzdl650]

Yes after I bought the switch , when u was taking the o2 sensor out is when I saw the wire I thought that maybe the o2 sensor was damaged because I had a front cylinder spark plug issue , basically the previous owner hadn’t tightened it because it’s a bit of a pain to reach it’s tucked behind the radiator , so first day riding in rain bike stopped working, I done a whole load of trouble shooting and I thought maybe by keep trying to start it the unburned fuel had damaged it, but when I saw the wire I thought yes it’s OK I can just fix the wire, gave it a good clean and that’s my next job , however the little switch I bought to cancel
Out the FI light is not working because soon as I hit the motorway and get the revs up it turns the light on :/

[Valzdl650]

The light isn’t on when I turn the bike on and if I was to drive really sensitively then it probably wouldn’t come on , however soon as I hit the auto Bahn , revs up and switch from 4-5 is usually when it come on or if I drop down in to 4 and pull the throttle back there’s somewhere around that point and the light flicks back in , I was driving with a safety clip in so my dealer mode was activated, then it would tell me my codes as it comes on and is the C44

[nigel s]

Found this ,might help?
https://www.stromtrooper.com/threads/bad-02-sensor.293753/#post-3536465

[Valzdl650]

Thanks mate , yes I think I’m just going to repair the wire of the o2 sensor it’s in good nick apart from the wire the o2 sensor I bought is obv pants and don’t work 😢

[nigel s]

Yerty