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Motorcycles => Venox 250 => Topic started by: pimpride on March 25, 2014, 03:10:34 AM

Title: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: pimpride on March 25, 2014, 03:10:34 AM

Hello,has anyone had this problem where the starter motor keeps spinning after the engine is started??

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: Vivo on March 25, 2014, 03:16:45 AM

stuck relay switch..

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: pimpride on March 25, 2014, 03:36:01 AM

so that means it needs replacement??

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: Vivo on March 25, 2014, 07:35:29 AM

Yes.  the contact plate inside the starter solenoid is stuck. What causes this is that the contact plate becomes pitted from arching on the two contact points. The pits are actually like rough arching spots on the plate and the the two copper points. When those surfaces get like this and you hit the key, the plate hits the two contact points and all the contact area is roughened up. When they contact they arch and it sort of welds the plate to the contacts and it won't let go when you let up off the key. The spring in the solenoid doesn't have enough power to pull the plate back off of the two contacts to break the welded contact condition.

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: max oradea on March 25, 2014, 09:56:19 AM

I had it once after i washed the bike with jet wash, the switch on the handle bar was the cause, after a few flicks of the switch and water evaporated the problem was gone. Did you wash your bike recently? and if you did next time avoid getting water over the switch.

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: Vivo on March 26, 2014, 02:20:33 AM

Quote from: max oradea on March 25, 2014, 09:56:19 AM

I had it once after i washed the bike with jet wash, the switch on the handle bar was the cause, after a few flicks of the switch and water evaporated the problem was gone. Did you wash your bike recently? and if you did next time avoid getting water over the switch.

This too... ;)

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: Mike-the-Bike on March 31, 2014, 01:59:15 PM

A new starter relay is only about $35.00, and is super easy to replace.  I did mine last year--took about 5 minutes.   If your bike got wet, blow out the handlebar control modules with a blast of compressed air.

Title: Re: Starter keeps on running ,won't stop
Post by: Vivo on April 01, 2014, 02:00:51 AM

He's not coming back...