Not starting

[Montydog]

Hmmmm 1150 GSA 2005 29,000 fsh owned for a couple of years and loved!

So prior to recent trip to Spain had problems starting the bike off the key, would bump start and bought a new battery and all good!

3,000 Spanish miles later I get home and when I press the starter a horrible noise was made but engine caught eventually..

Then when I pressed the button more recently, nadda, nothing, nowt.... ignition lights are on and abs can be heard initiating but nothing not even a click ... managed to bump it off and got it back home, running out of fuel meters from my base.

5litres of fuel in... and now it won’t bump off!

Got it recovered to a mates and ordered a new starter motor... replaced that on the advice of a BMW dealer ..

And ....


No change!!!!!


Is there any clues I’m missing... will draining the tank have caused any issues??

Kind regards

 

[mattgirv]

Check out the teeth on your flywheel, you might have done some damage with your first starter motor.

Just noticed you said it isn't turning at all. Have you checked the sidestand switch/bridging the terminals on the starter?

 

[Montydog]

Thanks I will have a check of that... old starter looked fine, and what I could see if the flywheel through the opening looked ok

 

[mattgirv]

Yeah sorry, looks fine and I'd misread. I didn't originally see you said it wasn't turning at all. I guess I'd just check through all the switches, not sure if sidestand matters on the 1150, kill switch / etc. Does the fuel pump prime when you turn on the ignition?

 

[JJH]

Ok a bit old fashioned this but can you bridge the starter motor ie: bring power directly to the positive terminal to make it turn over. Or safer still use a test lamp to see if there’s power going to it when you press the button. JJH

 

[Montydog]

There is no pruning of the fuel pump...

 

[mattgirv]

I'd check over your kill switch, see if you have a fuel/gear readout on the RID display, pretty sure this doesn't come on if the kill switch is off/buggered.

Also you said you had the tank off to drain, make sure the connector/pins are all ok.

 

[ianboydsnr]

There is no pruning of the fuel pump...

If when you turn the ignition on and the fuel pump doesn’t prime, make sure the fuel connectors are pushed home completely.

Not sure that should effect the starter turning the engine.

I once had a breakdown, because someone’s bike fell against mine, the bike ran ok, so I rode home, stopping some 150 miles later, to refuel, bike wouldn’t start after, no pump priming, a quick push together of the lines sorted it out.

 

[Montydog]

Thank you all very much for your help and comments everyone ... it was the fault of Mr Datatool, all sorted now