• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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TE511 won't stay running on first start cold

erik329

erik329

Husqvarna
AA Class
My bike will never stay running the first try when starting the cold engine regardless of outside air temp. It runs for about a second and dies. But it will almost always starts on the second attempt and always starts when the engine is warm. I have tried "priming" the fuel line by bumping the starter. This does not help at all. The display doesn't show any errors. This is mostly just an annoyance for me, but I'm wondering if anyone has seen similar issues or has any ideas on how to fix it?
 
That I believe. The TE449 I rode earlier this year was a bit cold blooded. My solution was to keep the rpms up a bit for the first few minutes.

Non-efi bikes have the same issue, except they need the choke and throttle stop adjusted too.
 
I don't know the 449/511 very well at all. Do they not have a cold start lever or knob like the Mikuni systems to assist in those situations? May not normally be needed. I wonder if the bike's still a little tight in the engine department or may need a tweak on the mapping?
 
My 449 has been absolutely flawless after I charged the weak battery. I couldn't be happier with the EFI on my bike.
 
Mine does the exact same thing, has since new. Never bothered me. I think the first 1-2 second run primes the entire system once and then it's good to go for the day. So when cold I just stab the button, wait for a sec for it to die stab it again and go put my gear on. Still far better than any other bike I have owned. Silly how Ez this bike starts. When hot or stalled or crashed or... anything, quick stab and it is running, love that.

Krieg, my GPS has a volt meter for the bat and it shows 12.7 cold, seems good.
 
ioneater said:
I don't know the 449/511 very well at all. Do they not have a cold start lever or knob like the Mikuni systems to assist in those situations? May not normally be needed. I wonder if the bike's still a little tight in the engine department or may need a tweak on the mapping?
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Greg, no knob or the little hi rev lever like yours has. Thats what it needs if you cared (that hi rev lever)
 
Motosportz said:
Greg, no knob or the little hi rev lever like yours has. Thats what it needs if you cared (that hi rev lever)
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Ok. I did sit on one at Tasky's but couldn't remember if it had any of the cold start stuff I'm used to. Hell, mine still takes several hits on the starter if cold soaked from sitting on trailer all night or a cold morning in back of the pickup on the way to ride. Part of it is the lithium battery getting warmed up.
 
Even my Buell does that when cold. Never thought it was anything to worry about, just needs to adjust to temps etc.
 
I wouldn't call it cold blooded. The EFI seems to be tuned well once the motor does start. They just must not have got the cranking sequence quite right since other people seem to have the same problem. I guess I'll just live with it.
 
ray_ray said:
Any pics? ;0)
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Nope. I was too bedazzled by the new hardware on the floor. Will be neat to grab a ride on one eventually to see what all the hoopla is about
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