fuel pump controller

[sammyboy_uk8]

for f##k sake, my second controller is now swimming in water, forgive my ignorance....can anyone tell me a good reason why i cant just cover the holes in the top of the cover? , i mean how hot does the controller get?, i am about to just gaffer tape over the slots and be done with it (or some waterproof adhesive stuff), or remove the unit and silicone seal all round the underside so water wont get under it, i dont want to call out bummer emergency services again after a 15 hour night shift....i just want this ten thousand pound motorcycle to work like all my honda's and kawasaki's have,......any ideas?

 

[tuckerqvmcc]

1/Take the slotted cap off the pump housing
2/Get a 25 - 30ltr hard plastic drum
3/Put the cap on the side of the drum & draw round it with a pencil/pen
4/Jigsaw/cut the circle out of the hard plastic drum
5/drill 2 holes, one each end of the plastic circle you cut out
6/ Cable tie the hard plastic circle through the slots of the fuel pump housing cap (on top of it obviously) & refit to housing.
7/ if required silicone the two holes in plastic circle with cable ties through

You can also use a more flexible option as in a lighter plastic on say a 1 gallon container...

You now have a roof over your fuel pump housing cap that also lets the unit breath while repelling water dripping off your top yoke or side panels.....painless & easy, mine hasn't let a drop of water into the housing since I fitted my new fuel pump controller! Bone dry ever since rain, hail or shine...

 

[Davy F]

Or just put Duct Tape over it like I did.

 

[Slowdown]

Or just put Duct Tape over it like I did.

+1 - done 16000 miles without it overheating and there's no water in it. I sprayed the fins with WD40 as a belt and braces measure - and there's no corrosion on it either.....

It took , ooohh, 5 mins and cost oooohh, £1 for a reel of black tape at an autojumble.



tuckerqvmcc - you win the Heath-Robinson solution award

 

[Mr K]

Try leaving the cover off.

Windblast and evapouration take the water away...

 

[PDiddy]

Try leaving the cover off.

Windblast and evapouration take the water away...

+1 -

 

[deaninkl]

I live in Malaysia, we get very, very serious rain here, but its always hot, touch wood 20000km and no problems so the wind blast theory works out here. I have researched a lttle and find that in Oz its not a big problem, and on Advrider there also seems much fewer problems so suspect the lovely English weather has a hand in this fault.

But still not a valid excuse for them not to have sorted it by now.

 

[Pukmeister]

Sorry Dean but....

My UK bike worked fine all the time I had it in UK. I then brought it to Australia.

It broke down here, on a nice dry day. Fuel pump controller failure.

Go figure.

 

[Davy F]

My UK bike worked fine all the time I had it in UK. I then brought it to Australia.

It broke down here, on a nice dry day. Fuel pump controller failure.

Go figure.

Easily explaned.

The damage was done in the UK and the bike was just waiting until you started to ride it again before conking out in revenge for making it sit in a horrible box for weeks on end while bobbing its way over to Aussie Land.

 

[EggChaser]

Isn't there still some discussion about how many fail due to water and how many fail because they have been waterproofed too well and overheat?

 

[tuckerqvmcc]

Hence the reason for the roof top fix enabling the unit to breath instead of a quick duck tape (suffocation) fix.....
Best of both for me......FP controller still as new looking as the day I fitted it.
Ain't even a smidgen of furring on it yet.....bike is used 365, to & from work, leisure, touring, rallying etc. etc.

Whatever works for ya I suppose!

 

[Pukmeister]

I've been meaning to make a 'top hat' for the vent louvres on my fuel pump plastic cover for ages, glad to hear that it is a good solution.

FWIW my original FPC was quite 'furry' when removed where the resin hadn't bonded to the die cast alloy body and had let water in, whereas the improved design of the replacement part should prevent the ingress of any moisture.

 

[Big Lee]

enabling the unit to breath instead of a quick duck tape (suffocation) fix.....

Suffocation? have you noticed the big hole in it that allows the fuel pipes in that also faces forward into the airflow?

just put Duct Tape over it like I did.

I did too From what I can see most of the water runs into it when its stationary in the rain or getting washed (some people do clean them )

 

[sammyboy_uk8]

thanx for all the info peeps, have settled on dismantle...drown in acf 50......re assemble with duck(duct !) tape over the vents........feel like the large hole for the pipes will let it breath enough,
on we go till the next f##k up !

cheers

 

[Pukmeister]

Easily explaned.

The damage was done in the UK and the bike was just waiting until you started to ride it again before conking out in revenge for making it sit in a horrible box for weeks on end while bobbing its way over to Aussie Land.

Well best I had a little chat with her to put her at ease before she goes into the next shipping crate for the long trip back

 

[Engineer]

Don't see the problem with water in the fuel pump well - once you know what the issue is then the solution is simple - if it gets wet dry it!

 

[Montrose Sun]

and you should have, oohhh, never had to do it in the first place.


















Sorry, just a bit pissed off at the mo with mine.

 

[Mr K]

I think heat is more the problem: The latest FPCs come with a black finish.

Black is a better radiator of heat than the plain alloy finish....?