EWS failure....

[Wapping]

EWS failure....

Is this, suddenly, the new, summer, replacement for "What oil should I put in"? If so, bring back the oil thread...please.

FFS, it's a part that sometimes goes 'pop' for whatever reasons... It's easy enough to carry a spare and to lash up on the side of the road. Preparation and planning and all that....

Endless debate about part numbers, when a simple call to BuMW will tell you what the numbers are and / or panics over getting (or not getting) a 'recall' or 'campaign' letter, VIN numbers and manufacurered years.....not forgetting, the quite incredible, whether the outer ring has 'Ignition' printed on it or not....THAT'S SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE KEY IN AND WHICH DIRECTION TO TURN IT - BuMW probably thinking some of their customers are too dumb even to do that, without help....

Should it go 'pop' on a rufty, tufty, adventure motorcycle? Of course, not...but some of them are....All jolly annoying but at least the wheels stay on...

Call up your friendly dealer, if you are really concerned. Or is it easier to tap out angst here, than to pick up the 'phone?

 

[Beemer]

That's funny....reminds me of Basil Fawlty.......good effort mate

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

christ in the 70's I would have my Kwak H1a's engine in my grotty little flat rebuilding the left hand piston/cylinder/head as it would blow up on a very regular basis and I never thought it unreliable,just part of its CharacterAs you say thats what Warrenties are for but a pisser if your on yer long way home

 

[Deleted Member I]

Shouldn't this be moved to the RANT SECTION

 

[Seatownmaster]

EWS failure....

Is this, suddenly, the new, summer, replacement for "What oil should I put in"? If so, bring back the oil thread...please.

FFS, it's a part that sometimes goes 'pop' for whatever reasons... It's easy enough to carry a spare and to lash up on the side of the road. Preparation and planning and all that....

Endless debate about part numbers, when a simple call to BuMW will tell you what the numbers are and / or panics over getting (or not getting) a 'recall' or 'campaign' letter, VIN numbers and manufacurered years.....not forgetting, the quite incredible, whether the outer ring has 'Ignition' printed on it or not....THAT'S SO YOU KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE KEY IN AND WHICH DIRECTION TO TURN IT - BuMW probably thinking some of their customers are too dumb even to do that, without help....

Should it go 'pop' on a rufty, tufty, adventure motorcycle? Of course, not...but some of them are....All jolly annoying but at least the wheels stay on...

Call up your friendly dealer, if you are really concerned. Or is it easier to tap out angst here, than to pick up the 'phone?

A1+
but Ive just had mine done cos I got a trip planned into the zone
A~

 

[Wapping]

Shouldn't this be moved to the RANT SECTION

Just because you have been on some pilgrimage across the Alps to the Holy See of Rome, doesn’t mean you can start popping up in here, making helpful suggestions, mister renamed whoever you are.....

 

[cusi]

So what oil should I put in?

 

[Devon]

EWS failure: a case of penny pinching and marketing, triumphing over the customer's expectation and good engineering.
Feck and curse the suited cnuts at bumw who used statistics and market reseach to justify fitting a £3.00 part in place of a £10 part purely to satisfy the accountants

 

[Felters]

Is there a problem with the ignition lock? Does anybody know what the affected parts are? Just that I'm planning a trip to Tesco's in a couple of weeks and want to make sure that I don't have a problem...

For a bunch of people riding adventure bikes we seem fairly adverse to... well, having an adventure really.

 

[Commuter]

EWS Failure?

What's that then......first time I have heard of it.

Could someone explain as I ride a 1150.......is it the new BMW version of final drive failure?

 

[GerryC]

Would there be any connection between the type of oil used and EWS failure.

And what about the fuel pump thingy?

I'm going on a long trip and need stuff to think (worry) about.