Suzuki Katana 1100 Service Manual page 201

SERVICING INFORMATION 8-4
ELECTRICAL
Complaint Symptom and possible causes Remedy
No sparking or poor
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Defective ignition coil. Replace.
sparking. 2. Defective spark plugs.
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Replace.
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Spark plugs soon be- 1. Mixture too rich. Adjust carburetors.
come fouled with 2. Idling speed set to high. Adjust carburetors.
carbon. 3. Incorrect gasoline. Change.
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4. Dirty element in air cleaner. Clean.
5. Spark plugs too cold.
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Replace by hot type
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plugs.
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Spark plugs become 1. Worn piston rings.
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Replace.
fouled too soon. 2. Piston or cylinders worn.
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Replace.
3. Excessive clearance of valve stems in valve guides.
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Replace.
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1. Spark plugs too hot. Replace by cold type
overheat or burn
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plugs.
2. The engine overheats.
Tune up.
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3. Spark plugs loose.
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Retighten.
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t-::olr:a':ad wires, or loose lead connections.
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Repair or replace or
charge retighten.
2. Shorted, grounded or open generator coils.
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Replace.
3. Shorted or panctured regulator and rectifier. Replace.
4. Brushes not seating properly on slip ring in rotor. -tepair,
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Generator does 1. Lead wires tend to get shorted or open-circuited or
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Repair, or retighten.
charge, but charging
loosely connected at terminals.
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rate is below the 2. Grounded or open-circuited stator coils of generator. 1 1 Replace.
specification.
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Generator
overcharges
3. Defective regulator and rectifier. Replace.
4. Not enough electrolyte in the battery. Add distilled water to
5. Defective cell plates in the battery.
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the upper level.
Replace the battery.
1. Internal short-circuit in the battery.
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2. Resistor element in the regulator damaged or defective. Replace.
3. Regulator poorly grounded. Clean and tighten
ground connection.
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intermittent shorting.
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2. Generator internally shorted.
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Replace.
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Starter button is not
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1. Battery run down. Repair, or replace.
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2. Defective switch contacts. Replace.
3. Brushes not seating properly on commutator in starter
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Repair, or replace.
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motor.
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! 4. Defective starter relay. Replace.