catalytic converter failure?

[Xelvic]

Ahhhhhh what a cute little pussy. I had a girlfriend with a pussy like that,  but I dumped her for a girl with a different pussy. It was a cool pussy too... it would come when I called it!! 

[gPink]

longhair or shorthair? I kind of like hairless, tattooed pussy.







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[Dalroo]

Not to be a killjoy, but back on  topic, did OP figure this out? How long had the bike sat? Could some critter have gotten in and nested - seriously...................might explain the blocked airflow and burning material. Mice and even birds can be pretty industrious and look for confined spaces to nest.

[Howard kelly]

Finally finished diagnosis...ok I have been busy.  The dead cylinder is from a failed stick coil.  My dealer says there IS a catalytic converter in the muffler and that is why it was glowing orange inside and baked the black finish off of it....unburnt fuel, cat, heat....do your own scientific explanation

Meeting with the dealer Tuesday to see about warranty covering this...I am 3 months over the 36 months, but only have 22000 miles....

Btw...getting to the plugs is a GIANT pain in the butt

[C1xRider]

Finally finished diagnosis...ok I have been busy.  The dead cylinder is from a failed stick coil.  My dealer says there IS a catalytic converter in the muffler and that is why it was glowing orange inside and baked the black finish off of it....unburnt fuel, cat, heat....do your own scientific explanation

Meeting with the dealer Tuesday to see about warranty covering this...I am 3 months over the 36 months, but only have 22000 miles....

Btw...getting to the plugs is a GIANT pain in the butt

Hmm, that's the first stick coil failure on a C14 I've read about.  Not that I've searched around for that failure, but following this board it's the first (for me).

I still don't see how your dealer can claim there's a cat in the muffler.  Several people have disassembled the muffler on the 08 & 09 to shorten them.  They're saying no to the cat (but then, everyone knows cats don't listen).

[VirginiaJim]

Interesting.   Every thing we've been told and seen for the US models indicates that there is no cat to be found in the exhaust bazooka.  I think your dealer is wrong in this regard but I can't get that orange glow explained unless there was unburned fuel doing something.  In looking at the business end of the bazooka, could it be possible that you were seeing the cat in the collector glowing?

Hmm, that's the first stick coil failure on a C14 I've read about.  Not that I've searched around for that failure, but following this board it's the first (for me).

I still don't see how your dealer can claim there's a cat in the muffler.  Several people have disassembled the muffler on the 08 & 09 to shorten them.  They're saying no to the cat (but then, everyone knows cats don't listen).

Or to herd, like forum members....

[Howard kelly]

I don't know about what was glowing, I was pretty freaked out at the time, but I think it would be hard for the inlet pipe to be 195 degrees and the canister 447 without something in there

[ZG]

That massive potato launcher is so freakin big there could be a herd of cats in there and nobody would ever know... 

[curly]

Let's put this to rest. Your dealer is kooky. I've had the stock muffler apart and I have removed the cats from the collector. There are no cats in the bazooka furry or otherwise.

[VirginiaJim]

That's a relief..

[JamminJere]

I'll have to concur with concurly...

I was one of the first (if not the first) to gut the cat out of the mid pipe... and I've had my stock electrolux apart to see about shortening it... There is no catalytic converter in the muffler itself.

If the cat in your midpipe was blocked, the engine heat couldn't get thru it.. Your muffler could have never turned red. Probably the unburnt fuel from the dead cylinder was raising the temp of the exhaust itself. I would think the cat was clean now. Shouldn't occur again once your stick coil is replaced and you are up and running again.

Guys,

Our bikes are 5 years old now... Start looking for this kind of stuff (stick coils) and other parts on EBay...  I picked up a whole set of them a few years back for like 35 bucks off of a bike being parted out..  You just never know when you might need something like that, and you sure don't want to pay retail from a Kaw parts house for a new one

JJ

[VirginiaJim]

+1 to that idea!  Just bought some off ebay.  Thanks for the tip.  Not quite as low as yours but close enough...