1997 gs500e with start problems HELP!

[Paulcet]

  (Again!)

[newbie1993]

Since I mixed seafoam with the fuel, is white smoke normal ?

[newbie1993]

I got the rpm higher by opening the throttle all the way.. It won't go up any other way

[RossLH]

Yes, you should get a lot of white smoke with seafoam. And you'll probably have to hold the throttle open to keep the bike running while the seafoam runs through. That's all normal.

[newbie1993]

What about a smoke from the engine?

[RossLH]

Where is the smoke coming from? It should be coming out the exhaust.

[newbie1993]

It looks like its coming from the cylinders

[RossLH]

You're going to have to be more specific. Exhaust? Spark plugs? Intake?

[newbie1993]

It's in the video I'm not exactly sure

[Janx101]

if its the instagram vid from the previous page .. bike running for about 10 seconds, tank off , idling at 100rpm.... then the 'smoke' is just normal water vapour from exhaust as 'any' engine heats up with cooler temp or low humidity in air...

there is no actual smoke i can see.... although i do know that fog and mists and smoke do not always show up on video/photo as much as they do to the naked eye.... its weird but thats how it is 

[newbie1993]

http://instagram.com/p/bms3gslS4l/ here's a video that actually shows the smoke

[newbie1993]

http://instagram.com/p/bmstwaFS4V/

[Widget]

Is it cold where you are ? It's not fog from the heat of the engine ? Also, is there anything spilt on the engine that might be burning off ? (sorry if response's a lil' silly, no idea about mechanics :\ )

[newbie1993]

Today it was 90 degrees.. The bike had sat since 2009 so there might be dirt or something burning to make it smoke.. I'm not sure

[RossLH]

Man I can't tell anything at all from those videos. I see tank and smoke. Can you get a better angle?

[newbie1993]

Yeah I'll try and get a better angle.. Only reason I did it at that angle is because its the best angle I could get without being attacked by bees

[Janx101]

  ... bees dont like engine fumes, cigarette smoke, fuel vapours, strong body odour.... NOT saying you have those!!! .. just sayin they dont like it and will get angry because of stuff like that ..

so real good plan is move the bike back from that area before you do another video 

the way the smoke is in that video i would have really asked did you have a whole heap of WD spray or carb cleaner smoking off the top of a hot engine...

but ... i'm just trying to visualise where else that much smoke could come from and more importantly WHY? ... smoke like that (if not from overspray of oily stuff) is never ever good if its leaking out from inside any engine ..  ... if its outside then nowhere near as bad i think?

[newbie1993]

I did put seafoam in the cylinder heads when I put new spark plugs in to lubricate the pistons.. Could that be it? I doubt that because the white smoke isn't coming out of the exhaust anymore and it only smokes up a lot when I give the bike some throttle

[Janx101]

hrm .. that amount of smoke cant just appear without a visible origin point .. where is it smoking from? ... near head/jug join? ... up from under tank area (a breather pipe or pcv missing?) ? ... down in a crevice in there somewhere? ...

... you havent got that fibreglass header wrap on the exhaust have you? ... that stuff smokes when new .. or when it gets oily crap in it ...

gotta get your face and camera down in there below tank level and look where its coming from! 

[newbie1993]

I found the origin of the smoke
http://instagram.com/p/bpE9ldlS3N/ not sure what's happening