Can you do anything to prevent FPC failure

[chad]

Guys

Seems everybody has problems with FPC, where is it and can i do anything to prevent it failing?? I have 56 plate GS1200

James

buy an 1150

 

[smartbear]

not for you sir

Yes-get it changed for the latest version,should cost you nowt

i also have a 56 plate gs-been told its not included in the recall (computer says no)

 

[Paul Wakefield]

buy an 1150

And have the fuel pump go instead of the fuel pump controller.

(Actually, to be fair, it was an 1100 not an 1150)

 

[Mark8303]

Cover, what cover

My has never had a cover, should it? perhaps the previous owner ditched it. When the FPC was replaced this morning at Barnstormer they didn't mention it either. I'm confused

I don't believe water ingress is/was the problem.

The things run too hot.

Now that I've the new, black (which radiates heat better) item fitted, I don't fit the cover... and when washing the bike, take the left tank panel off to have a nosey.

(54 plater approaching 50k)

 

[BeemerBaz]

Had my Quality Enhancement letter recently suggestion I get mine changed. Affects only 2007 and early 2008 models of 12GS and GSA.

 

[Shep]

The best way to stop it failing

I suspect it may well be to carry a spare

Shep

 

[smartbear]

left out

Had my Quality Enhancement letter recently suggestion I get mine changed. Affects only 2007 and early 2008 models of 12GS and GSA.

how can they say that? the problem seems to affect many earlier bikes as well,not just o7/08 bikes.

 

[Myke Rocks]

Mandy-Rivce Davies

how can they say that? the problem seems to affect many earlier bikes as well,not just o7/08 bikes.

To quote Mandy-Rice Davies: They would say that, wouldn't they?

 

[chad]

And have the fuel pump go instead of the fuel pump controller.

(Actually, to be fair, it was an 1100 not an 1150)

its just the luck of the draw

 

[BegesRus]

Change it now - in your garage and foregt about it - other alternative is to buy an Airhead

 

[AndyW]

Sorry to butt in, but:

Anyone who has ever looked at one of the said fuel pump controllers will note that they are "Potted". That is, they are assembled, & then filled with a 2 part epoxy type electicrally insulating, totally waterproof substance.
As a consequence, they will not suffer any damage if submersed indefinitely in water................

............dismantled FPC

...more images: http://andyw-inuk.smugmug.com/Motor...oto/BMW-R1200GS-R1200-Fuel-Pump/8692769_dSYFu

I clean my FPC occasionally, just brush with an old paint brush, then apply ACF 50 with the paint brush. After washing the bike I mop out the water that gathers in the FPC 'well'
R1200GS failed fuel pump controllers - Maintenance/prevention

 

[shugie]

I dismantled Wapping's dead FPC and found the potting to be "cooked" in places, which had allowed water to get onto the circuit board. This had shorted something out, and the resistor above the 8-pin DIL IC had more or less vanished.

My theory is that the unit does overheat somehow, and the fact that the encapsulation material is probably a poor conductor of heat does not help. After a period of time the encapsulation gets damaged by the heat and no longer provides an adequate seal, most likely around the connector and cables. Water gets in causes some corrosion, the corrosion products go into solution in the water so that it becomes quite conductive, and eventually shorts out something to kill the controller.

 

[cookie]

i got mine replaced today under the <s>recall</s> "quality enhancement" thing.

got the old one back too. advised to still carry a spare