Finally a cure for broken fuel strips!

[Bendy toy]

The strip has a resistive carbon track that's heated by another carbon track. The amount of heating (and therefore resistance) changes with fuel level. The piezo zapper method internally fuses broken ends of the carbon track but it will fail again.

It would be interesting to know exactly where the tracks fail. Just by the epoxy connection to the mounting plate or somewhere else?

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

The miles display on mine randomly resets the trip display to total miles. Sooner or later I get fed up faffing about with the hard to reach button and end up running out of petrol. Easy to do when you fill about every 6 weeks.

Sounds to me like occasionally you aren't letting the computer fully cycle when switching it on. If you switch on and start it resets to total miles. Switch on and let it do all the checks it will stay at whatever you set it at.

 

[Beemerman59]

Sounds to me like occasionally you aren't letting the computer fully cycle when switching it on. If you switch on and start it resets to total miles. Switch on and let it do all the checks it will stay at whatever you set it at.

This has been said to Bendy before but I guess he's always in too much of a hurry to get going or his bike is different than everyone else's.

 

[flo3flo]

Been reading the thread on AV rider (374 posts) relating to this issue, although there are only a few posts that are the same as my issue - display always shows more fuel than there actually is.
One of the more technical members mentioned that my issue is not due to a fault with the actual strip but he does not expand further??

 

[Deleted account 190920001]

Interesting so if it isn't a fault with the strip then replacing it shouldn't fix it, but it will.

 

[flo3flo]

Yep. Another member says it's to do with the wiring that connects to the strip, but again, doesn't expand further.
I pulled the strip out of my tank and allowed it to dry.
With the ignition turned on, it still shows 1/4 tank!!!

 

[Deleted account 200502001]

I paid BMW for a new strip to be fitted, came with a 2 yr guarantee (though I'm not sure if this is a guarantee that it will fail?). Anyway, it has failed within the first year and I will be getting them to replace it when it goes in for the wheel flange recall. I hope it fails every time within the first two years so I can keep getting a new one fired free of charge.

 

[Bendy toy]

Sounds to me like occasionally you aren't letting the computer fully cycle when switching it on. If you switch on and start it resets to total miles. Switch on and let it do all the checks it will stay at whatever you set it at.

Yes told this before but its still random. I prefer to let it run the start cycle but the trip has mind of its own. I can't see why it has to default to anything other than what it had last time. Or even better have it default to trip one or trip 2. Total miles is useless most of the time just as days since birth is not much help for telling the current date. Maybe its a dealer setting.

 

[Bendy toy]

Been reading the thread on AV rider (374 posts) relating to this issue, although there are only a few posts that are the same as my issue - display always shows more fuel than there actually is.
One of the more technical members mentioned that my issue is not due to a fault with the actual strip but he does not expand further??

I read somewhere (possibly that long ADV Rider thread) that a fuel strip fitted without calibration will read the level incorrectly. Maybe yours has gone out of calibration.

On the regular replacement issue, I do wonder if rough handling by the technician is part of the problem. The strip is sealed into its mounting with epoxy or some such resin. Its not hard to see how the carbon tracks could get broken if its bent about too much against the resin.

 

[TLSgazza]

I paid BMW for a new strip to be fitted, came with a 2 yr guarantee (though I'm not sure if this is a guarantee that it will fail?). Anyway, it has failed within the first year and I will be getting them to replace it when it goes in for the wheel flange recall. I hope it fails every time within the first two years so I can keep getting a new one fired free of charge.

Just booked mine in for the flange recall and they are doing my fuel strip again as well. I didn't think to ask what date my last one was done. Doh!!! I bet it will be 25 months ago now. BTW. A couple of months ago they quoted 212 quid. now they want 225, ffs

 

[SHAGGY1964]

Hi all (new user today) ive had my GS now for nearly 6 yrs and love it, just had my 5th fuel strip pack up, i have the gs911 tool so have installed and calibrated them myself, ive finally decided to go with the resistor fix so i fitted that yesterday, but still have the dreaded orange triangle and fuel warning just wondered if i need to ride the bike for a while to reset it?

Well nothing happened for a week of riding to work and back so i tried the igniter trick, still no response, looks like my strip is beyond repair, so ive decided to live without it, a few stickers later .....