Rainy Season - Bike stopping abruptly

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No body except God, I believe, can predict when it rains in Bengaluru.  Well, with the sudden outpouring of unexpected rains my bike STRANGELY started stopping on the run. Initially I thought that it would have been due to less petrol or some other cause, but, this scenario started showing up more and more day by day. I brought my bike in 2007 and till now I didn't had this issue until recently. Mine is Bajaj Pulsar 150cc.

Everyday mostly my bike used to get wet in the rain and when I start the bike and drive, it used to go hardly 1.5 to 2 kms without any issue and then suddenly it used to stop. In the mid of the traffic or anywhere irrespective of what ever I try it never used to get started for atleast 10 mins. This was irritating me a lot as I was facing lot many issues quite a bit. 

After a couple of months facing this strange problem, I gave the bike for servicing. Once the servicing is done, I felt that the problem is finally gone, but again to my surprise I had the same issue. Now when I took the bike to the same mechanic he told me that it could have been due to the water going on in the plug inside. Then when we finally opened it was dry. Then he generated a statement telling that "when the bike is wet in the Rain water and is having the problem, at that time only if I bring that bike to him (by dragging since it wont be starting) he can see to the issue. This has caused a lot of frustation mixed with great concern for the issue. I tried couple of times by making it wet in the rain and then dragging to him, but unluckily when ever he was testing it used to run smoothly. So, finally unable to bear my complaints he told me that the spark plug has an issue and he changed the spark plug. Then i thought that my happy days have come back once again, but to my unlucky luck, the same issue was still persisting.

I got so fed up that I searched most of the blogs and did all the r&d I could, but to no luck. Then one day with the same issue when I started for office, the bike got stopped 7 times within 1 km distance. Then after some distance it got completely dead. I was so frustated with the bike, but then, luckily (now my luck was indeed favoring me) I found a small mechanic shop nearby the place where my bike was dead. When I went to that shop, it was so small, that I hardly thought that they can fix my bikes problem. 


The moment I told the guy the problem, he instantly opened the petrol tank and showed me a small hole and told me that the whole issue is because the hole is jammed (closed with dust). I couldnt believe what he said. Then he told me that since this was the issue there would be water in the petrol tank mixed with petrol which is causing the whole nonsense. To prove me, he disconnected the petrol wire to the engine and took the petrol in a bottle and to my surprise I could see, very clearly, water fluctuating in the petrol. 


Ah....!!!! Thats it!!!! Got the solution for my unanswered frustating problem which I've been facing from ages.


Then he told me that I need to give the bike for servicing. I instantly without hesitation gave him the bike for servicing and he dropped me to my office. When I came back in the evening, I couldnt believe the way he has done servicing. Count me, I was under wrong impression that small mechanic shops won't be doing good, but he marvelled me on this.


Now, guys, after so many days of servicing, even my bike, getting wet in rain, is running smoothly and with no issues. This is the common problem with most of the Bajaj Pulsar bikes.


Happy Riding...!!!