Came home tonight on a recovery wagon!

Thanks for ALL :augie:rolleyes: of the replies.

BMW are going to ring tomorrow to arrange the transport to a local dealer....looks like AJ's as it's the nearest. Here's hoping for a quick fix.

I'll post the results when I get them.

Mike
 
Trippy said:
Gets boring this :rolleyes:

Piss takes and jokes to the relevant forum please.

Dahoum
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Did I mention that my R1150 GSA SE is back at the dealers with suspected Big End failure:mad: The tapping noise that got worse and worse got even worser at the dealers.

But as consolation an )& R1200 GSA on the trip with me got trailers off due to the ignition key sensor module going faulty. Luckily the dealer had one in stock as he was replacing it on another failed 1200:augie:augie

I'm actually very suprised just how many problems the BMW's have,

AndyT
 
cookie said:
take the LH tank side cover off, then the round slotted cover from the fuel pump (pulls off).
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Twists Off Dude! Not Pulls they'll wreck all round them if you tell them that!!!

AndyT said:
I'm actually very suprised just how many problems the BMW's have
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Try a corellation of miles covered against faults occured and against faults not repaired under warranty and I think you 'll come out with a favourable BMW result!
 
My GS cut out in the outside lane of the M1 through roadworks last night. Hazards on, considerate car drivers for a change allowed me to swerve across to the hard shoulder that wasn't there, but managed to get parked up. Full electrics, bike started and then cut out again. The problem is the fuel pump, it whirls when the ignition key is turned on then turns itself off again after the engine is started. This was confirmed by the RAC boy that turned up at checked the voltage of the pump when the ignition started then would drop to 0 volts before the engine cut out. Waited an hour for the free recovery to move me off the M1 to a holding area, 15 mins for the RAC to turn up then another 2 hours waiting for the sub-contracted garage to turn up get me home. All in all a pain in the ass. The bike has done 23000 miles and its the first time its let me down, hopefully a new pump will fix things. Still love the bike though.
 
Not a world expert on this but I've had 2 fuel pump relays fail on me. Now carry a spare ( cost £50 ) in the top box. Also have a spare ring antenna in there. Both are simple to fit/change so peace of mind all round.
 
Gipsy said:
Not a world expert on this but I've had 2 fuel pump relays fail on me. Now carry a spare ( cost £50 ) in the top box. Also have a spare ring antenna in there. Both are simple to fit/change so peace of mind all round.
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Good call Gypsy Easy and sensible solution less than what ?£100 outlay to save you hours at the side of the road:thumb:thumb:thumb When you can swop them in less than 5 mins with the right tools?? i.e. small fingers and a T20 screwdriver.

My advice Do it someday at the house just switch off your ignition and take the keys out and follow advice above!

Part number 6 in this image is the fuel pump controller Held in by a couple of torx screws Just make sure and have a tissue to dry the place it's going into out and have some "waterproof" grease or vaseline handy to coat the seals

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Very impressed by the service

:rob:rob:rob:rob:rob:rob:rob:rob:rob

9am A flat-back arrived at my house to take the bike to A.J.'s

11.15 A telephone call from A.J. to inform me the bike was repaired....an
electronic problem going to the fuel pump!

1.30 Bike back home :aidan:aidan

The driver told me this was the first fuel pump failure he'd recovered for quite a will and thought the problem had been solved. May be I was just unlucky.

Mike
 
Glad to hear your back on the road Mike. Strange to hear yer man say its not a common prob the BMW guy that came out to me got out of the car wi a new one in his hand and said he gets a lot of call outs for this !!
My prob nows is i cant stop waiting for sumet else to happen, paranioa setting in.
Nozza
 
skinmeister said:
My GS cut out in the outside lane of the M1 through roadworks last night. Hazards on, considerate car drivers for a change allowed me to swerve across to the hard shoulder that wasn't there, but managed to get parked up.
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Triumph have just recalled some Rocket IIIs due to an engine management problem. This can cause the engine to stall when changing down, which they consider to be a safety problem. This is rectified with an update to the system, which is easy.

Will BM consider a known fault that kills the engine a safety problem?

Jim
 
Gipsy said:
Not a world expert on this but I've had 2 fuel pump relays fail on me. Now carry a spare ( cost £50 ) in the top box. Also have a spare ring antenna in there. Both are simple to fit/change so peace of mind all round.
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Gipsy...Fuel pump relay...no problem. But how do you replace the ring antenna, and then code it to your key? I know that this is possibly sensitive info' so please PM me if you are not too keen on splashing it all over this site.

Cheers......:)
 
jonnie comet said:
Gipsy...Fuel pump relay...no problem. But how do you replace the ring antenna, and then code it to your key? I know that this is possibly sensitive info' so please PM me if you are not too keen on splashing it all over this site.

Cheers......:)
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no coding needed, it's the ECU that stores the code.


not a sensitive issue, it won't help you nick one. it's just replacing a component of the system.
 
This might sound naive.... but can this forum invite a spokesperson from BMW to (honestly) respond to some of these "common faults"

I, like many others I suspect, come on this forum to learn and understand their future purchase. Most forums by definition highlight the problems we all have with our bikes... BUT.... on a NEW design model, faults that repeatedly turn up need answers.

This forum is the best I've been on for expertise etc etc etc... But a forum with this much clout must be able to invite a BMW Rep to hold a surgery section.

It's good for them in that problems are probably highlighted earlier, it would be highlighted by a "generous" audience in the main.

I am not so naive as to think that all the responses would be "up front" but we are all expert at reading between the lines.

Has this been tried.... Is it allowed?

I mean no disrespect to the experts on this forum... and there are many.... But I specifically mean on NEW design models.. which seem to bring a number of surprises.

Just a thought.

Regards to you all

Stuart:hide:mmmm
 
Perhaps because I learned to ride / drive when a de-coke at 60k was normal, I dont mind the odd problem in the way some of you:rob youngsters do. But I cant understand why BMW havent changed the design of the pump to completely avoid the problem. Sticking with faulty designs (remember the Stag? or Triumph oil leaks) was one of the things which brought down the British industry

Is it Germanic "we know best" I wonder. That was certaionly my experience of dealing with German firms when I was in business. They really did believe in the German rep for invincible engineering.
 
Good to hear this was just a simple problem in the end.

Dahoum, just wanted to say good work getting rid of all the silly comments. I don't mind the sillyness in b&b, but it's a bit sad that people are doing it in the 1200 technical forum (and the newbie's forums) now, they might as well post remarks on every thread in here. :confused:
 
Jonny_L said:
Dahoum, just wanted to say good work getting rid of all the silly comments. I don't mind the sillyness in b&b, but it's a bit sad that people are doing it in the 1200 technical forum (and the newbie's forums) now, they might as well post remarks on every thread in here. :confused:
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Just doin' my job sir :D

Thanks btw
 
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