Fuel Gauge issue

[DevonAl]

I have had my bike (06 GS 26k) for 6 weeks, i got it from a non BMW dealer. From day one I wasn`t happy with the fuel gauge, erratic at best, did some searching on here about fuel strips etc and symptoms matched mine so took it back to be fixed under the warranty, left it with them and went off to Bali for 2 weeks(absolutely great if anybody is thinking of visiting) I picked bike up today and was told they had changed the pump as the fuel strip is attached to the pump, during my searching I didn`t see anything that said the pump needed changing at the same time, have the dealers ( or their warranty provider) just spent over £500 to fix a £50 problem?

Al.

 

[Deleted account 200502001]

There was a fuel pump recall on some bikes. Maybe they haven't actually changed the strip at all? They are crap anyway.

 

[Lord Snooty]

Is the fuel guage working ok now? I would imagine if the fuel pump was faulty then that would have been evident with different symptoms not just a dicky fuel guage.

 

[er-minio]

I picked bike up today and was told they had changed the pump as the fuel strip is attached to the pump, during my searching I didn`t see anything that said the pump needed changing at the same time, have the dealers ( or their warranty provider) just spent over £500 to fix a £50 problem?

My fuel strip has been long gone. I've been informed by the dealer that is a 200ish quid fix.
I also had the fuel pump recall 1.5 years ago and they didn't touch the strip at the time (it failed 6 months after).

I was under the impression that pump & strip are two independent parts.

 

[NZRalphy]

Ummmm the 06 never had a fuel strip.

 

[DevonAl]

I had no other symptons to suggest a faulty pump, I don't know if the gauge issue is fixed, will have to do a couple trips to find out, I checked with bmw that there were no outstanding recalls before I bought it as it wasn't from a bmw dealer. If the bike doesn't have a fuel strip is it just a normal float type unit?

 

[Bendy toy]

The float gauge came along on some Mk3 1200s (twin cams). MK1 and Mk2 both use the heated resistive fuel strip.

The strip has no moving parts but sooner or later they all go open circuit. The Piezo zapping technique works for a while and isn't dangerous. Probably best done when the tank is brim full.

Ive fitted a pole and sliding float sender to drive a standard 10 to 180 Ohm instrument. I'm still running down the first tankful but it's working fine. Long term tests will take a while and I have some plans to improve on the first version.