I have recently returned from a trip to Scotland. My fuel light came on and as I was a few miles from home I carried on. The info was telling me 29 miles left in the tank when the obvious happened. Yes ...ran out of fuel. Has anyone else had this problem, is there a quick fix, any ideas what this could be? ....TA
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fujack
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bmw have always been bad in the past for fuel gauges being miles out this happened to me on my RT was hoping they would have fixed this issue how old is the bike ? is it under warranty ?
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Put fuel in because you ran out ;-)
Which bike GS or GSA it's important also is it an early TA with the strip rather than the float. Did the fuel range seem OK or short as in GSA not balancing the fuel from one side of the tank to the other. Tipping the bike on the left usually gets you going for a bit.
it's a 90th edition TC 2013 GSA. The fuel guide in the past seemed to be ok as I ran it nearly right down. This is the first time it has happened???
My 2006 hexhead, gives me the fuel warning, and a flashing symbol on the LCD.
The amber warning triangle does not however light up.
Range always counts down from 50 miles,
The lowest I've gone is 20...
One day i will run out lol
The amber warning triangle does not however light up.
Range always counts down from 50 miles,
The lowest I've gone is 20...
One day i will run out lol
Yes that's the way it went but to run out whilst showing 29 miles????
RickSkye
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I had a problem with fuel supply, slightly different. But full tank to run out was about 175 miles and 13 miles past zero. When fixed, 255 and 35 past zero. Wonder if, your total range is low, may be the run out mileage is a red herring if you get my drift.
Mine was a sensor in the tank.
If sensor knacked its start and end points may be variable depending on how it fails.
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Mine was a sensor in the tank.
If sensor knacked its start and end points may be variable depending on how it fails.
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From empty, could you only get about 30 litres in? If so, Your fuel pump is failing to deliver enough pressure. It will run the bike ok, but not the sucker jet pump that moves fuel from right to left of the tank.
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I had the same problem when I removed the fuel strip.
With fuel strip (or float) the bike runs the pump at part load until the tank gets to about 30% full. It then runs the pump at full load to ensure the venturi pump (driven by fuel returning from the injectors) has enough oomph to lift fuel from the tank RHS.
If the fuel pump is weak and the duty cycle is unchanged, the tank will run dry with up to 7 litres remaining.
When I had the broken fuel strip, the tank level read empty so the pump was running at full duty cycle and coped with fully emptying the tank. Removing the fuel strip causes the pump to run only at part load duty cycle. A few days later, I ran out of fuel with 7 litres trapped in the tank. The weak pump was now not delivering enough flow to fully empty the tank.
I later fitted a new fuel pump (just the motor, not the whole shebang) and although it's still running at part load the tank empties fine.
Such a faff for the sake of a normal/reserve fuel tap.
With fuel strip (or float) the bike runs the pump at part load until the tank gets to about 30% full. It then runs the pump at full load to ensure the venturi pump (driven by fuel returning from the injectors) has enough oomph to lift fuel from the tank RHS.
If the fuel pump is weak and the duty cycle is unchanged, the tank will run dry with up to 7 litres remaining.
When I had the broken fuel strip, the tank level read empty so the pump was running at full duty cycle and coped with fully emptying the tank. Removing the fuel strip causes the pump to run only at part load duty cycle. A few days later, I ran out of fuel with 7 litres trapped in the tank. The weak pump was now not delivering enough flow to fully empty the tank.
I later fitted a new fuel pump (just the motor, not the whole shebang) and although it's still running at part load the tank empties fine.
Such a faff for the sake of a normal/reserve fuel tap.
I have it booked into the dealers next week to diagnose the problem. They say there is no charge for the diagnostic but not sure on remedy yet?
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