Please respond if you've NOT had a 1200GS/GSA fuel pump controller failure

Wa this done in the UK?

I notice, looking through the paperwork for my VERY reliable 2004 1200GS (that I have just replaced with the 2008 model) that in February 2006 all 1200GS's (in France anyway) were recalled for a check on the watertighness of the fuel pump and the fitting of a new joint and check on the state of all connections.
 
rider name: TheEnglishamn
- bike details (model and year): 07 GS
- mileage: 14800
- typical weather conditions ridden in: All - used as an all year commuter
- is the bike stored for long periods of time: It's garaged all the time its at home and on an optimate all the time it's in there.


Having read about fuel controller issues on here before I bought the bike I covered the gratings in the top with black gaffer tape and sprayed the connectors and the heatsink on the controller itself with ACF-50. The housing gets very little water in it (even when washing with a pressure washer) and the controller looks like new. And no water has penetrated the seal around the controller. The seal hasn't rotted either. The bikes now 15 months old.
 
Stevo
10K
2007 march GS
Ridden all year, all weather - minimum every week, usually daily
:thumb good luck on your number crunching:thumb
 
riders name.. Nick Marshall

bike.. R1200GSA 2008

milage.. 700

weather.. Mixture wetndry

stored.. Only owned it a month.
 
05 GS with 15000 miles. Ridden all year round (and often in heavy rain this summer). Frequently check seals around controller to monitor condition though.
 
name........janie
bike..........1200gs
year.........07
mileage.....11000
ridden.......all weathers......all year
stored.......garage
 
JonU - 06 GS - 10K miles.
No failures on anything. After a few weeks of ownership, took off the panels to have a look around. Sure enough, there was a few drops of water in the "well". Took out the controller, dried everything out, refitted and reconnected all, with plenty of silicone grease in the connectors and the controller seal. Like The Englishman above, I taped over the slots in the cover. It seems like any water that runs off the fairing goes into the seam between the fairing and the side panel, and then goes through the slot where the locating tab engages. This is nicely lined up over the slots in the cover. I did wonder if the cover was slotted to allow heat to escape, so I checked it a few times after a long ride, and unless it cools off in the time it takes to remove the side panel and the cover, it doesn`t seem to get warm, let alone hot. "Well" stays dry, so I am leaving the cover taped.
 
redasa said:
Had mine 6 day no problems yet:thedummy
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This is all getting a bit silly. The new models have a different design anyway. As I mentioned there was a recall of all models two and a half years ago for replacement joints and a check ofcontacts - so if you have had a failure since then ask your dealer "why?"
 
Touch wood etc :o

John Armstrong
1200 GSA 2007, 07 reg
8000 miles
UK's finest, would guess at mainly dry.
Kept in a garage when not out on long weekend trips up to Scotland.

Smothered area in ACF50, just in case. Have a spare, just in case as well :( keeps the spare antenna ring company :)
 
As one theory is that the problem is caused by overheating, water in the well may be a GOOD thing. :)
 
- rider name - Wully
- bike details (model and year) -2008 1200 GS Adventure
- mileage - 3000
- typical weather conditions ridden in -All
- is the bike stored for long periods of time -Yes

Had a 1200 GS previously and nae problems with that either:thumb2
 
Simon Abe
07 1200gs
9500 miles
ridden all weathers
usually weekends

fuel pump controller working fine
 
08 model with 3500 miles ridden in all weathers and no problems as yet. :clap
 
Grizz,

'06 1200GS,
17k miles.
Nothing yet as far as I know.
Ride less than I should, always 2 up , as it is a hobby thing.
 
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