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Hi everyone! I was a member on here years ago when I had my first surf and now I've finally got my second one im so glad to see you all still here!
I bought a 3lt-Ssrg gen 2. I love it. It has done 87000miles! I was searching daily for 'a goodun' at the right price for me and after 6 weeks of looking I got one. However she does have an issue. From a standing start,full throttle, she pulls steady (perhaps a little too steady) up to around 55-60. Then tge revs hold on around 4k and she refuses to change gear for a few seconds. It's then pot luck what happens. Sometimes she will change gear and continue to pull although not with the same clout my last surf did. Sometimes she just bounces around 4k with power dropping off then coming back and then seems to clear a bit then continue to pull. Most often she stutters a bit as described then the little Orange engine management light comes on, there is a big drop in power and the light will only clear if I roll the revs right down to almost idle speed, light go out, drives as did before light came on. Over the last 5 years it has covered the grand total of 170km (was rescued from a farm in Devon) it went straight thru the mot and Tbh thought I had got the bargain of the century. This issue only became apparant on long steep uphill road section between greenlanes in Devon. I don't drive it hard enough for it to be a massive issue. That being said ITS DOING MY HEAD IN. Gonna do a full service at the weekend cos I suspect its been a while. After reading some old posts on here I have taken off the little filter under the air intake and given that a blast out with carb cleaner. It did spew out a lot of black crap to the point I was convinced that was the problem but I have just gone for a quick lap down the motorway, it did feel slightly more perky but the same thing happened. Any ideas welcomed. Thanks to anyone who has managed to get to the end ofthis extreamly long and wordy post. I think I'm sleep deprived and it's all cos of this bloody fault!!!!
Cheers
I bought a 3lt-Ssrg gen 2. I love it. It has done 87000miles! I was searching daily for 'a goodun' at the right price for me and after 6 weeks of looking I got one. However she does have an issue. From a standing start,full throttle, she pulls steady (perhaps a little too steady) up to around 55-60. Then tge revs hold on around 4k and she refuses to change gear for a few seconds. It's then pot luck what happens. Sometimes she will change gear and continue to pull although not with the same clout my last surf did. Sometimes she just bounces around 4k with power dropping off then coming back and then seems to clear a bit then continue to pull. Most often she stutters a bit as described then the little Orange engine management light comes on, there is a big drop in power and the light will only clear if I roll the revs right down to almost idle speed, light go out, drives as did before light came on. Over the last 5 years it has covered the grand total of 170km (was rescued from a farm in Devon) it went straight thru the mot and Tbh thought I had got the bargain of the century. This issue only became apparant on long steep uphill road section between greenlanes in Devon. I don't drive it hard enough for it to be a massive issue. That being said ITS DOING MY HEAD IN. Gonna do a full service at the weekend cos I suspect its been a while. After reading some old posts on here I have taken off the little filter under the air intake and given that a blast out with carb cleaner. It did spew out a lot of black crap to the point I was convinced that was the problem but I have just gone for a quick lap down the motorway, it did feel slightly more perky but the same thing happened. Any ideas welcomed. Thanks to anyone who has managed to get to the end ofthis extreamly long and wordy post. I think I'm sleep deprived and it's all cos of this bloody fault!!!!
Cheers
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