Replacing Suzuki motorcycle parts – water pump

 Here is another round of replacing Suzuki motorcycle parts. Today we will try to replace water pump at 2003 VL800 Suzuki motorcycle.  You will know that you messed up something while changing the water pump if the motorcycle doesn’t want to start.

First, you need air, fuel, compression and spark to make the engine operate. We can’t believe that you disturbed much with water pump swap, but the stator is on that side and the pulse coils are part of that, so any harness connectors on the left that might have been disconnected, should be rechecked.

Otherwise, make sure that kill switch is in the correct position, check your fuel level in the fuel tank, pull spark plugs, then ground them to the engine and check for spark. If they come out wet, you know that you have fuel, hopefully fresh fuel.

If the bike sat for weeks on end, the fuel may have evaporated in the float bowls and caused blocked idle jets, which make for hard starting.

There are some safety switches on many presently motorcycles that might have been disturbed when you were working on it. One is a side-stand switch.