2005 XB9SX running on one cylinder
Hello BuellXB forums! I've been lurking here a while trying to fix an XB9SX but am having some issues getting it done.
So first off it was running terribly and was really down on power. I also noticed that the front cylinder's exhaust pipe was only warm to the touch. I disconnected the good cylinder's spark plug and tried starting the bike on just the bad cylinder to see what would happen. The bike would rumble a bit but would die pretty quickly. Giving a bit of throttle would allow it to run a little longer but it would backfire through both the airbox and the exhaust. I pulled the spark plugs and replaced them with DCPR9EIX's but it didn't fix it. Because I wasn't in the mood to tear down the entire bike I decided to open up the timing cover and see what messing with the timing would do. I found that if I advanced the timing as much as it could go the bike would idle fine but was still down on power. Obviously this isn't a fix at all but its certainly interesting from a diagnostic point of view I believe. My next step was going to be to remove and clean the fuel injectors but I haven't found a good video or guide on how to exactly do that yet.
I've ordered a cable to connect the ECM to my laptop but I'm a bit confused about ECMSpy. I thought ecmspy was free but it turns out only the demo is. Is there a free alternative out there for the buell that I could use? Or can I use the demo version to do what I need (Injector test, download/reset error codes, TPS reset)?
Will keep searching for answers but I'm hoping someone here has some good ideas as well.
Thanks in advance,
Kyle