KAS
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Hi all,
Had a bit of an experience this morning. Arrived at work and stopped the bike (1150 ADV 02 reg) as you do and thought this reeks of petrol (obviously not noticeable when blatting down the motorway still half a-kip) .
Look round bike and find the right hand side of the engine and gearbox with a liberal coating of fuel (removed fag from mouth and took a pace back).
Anyhow somewhat concerned, so straight on the dog to OCEAN BMW in Plymouth.
Conversation generally as follows.
Me “ Hi, I have fuel Pi**ing out of right hand side of bike all over hot engine, trousers boot etc and being as its just been serviced wondered if you have disturbed anything? ”
Ocean “No nothing like that, we have had a couple do this, don’t worry none have blown up”
Me “Good, But I don’t particularly want to be the first”
Ocean “it’s not the injector it’s the 2 pipes behind it that go into the two rubber hoses”
Me (now stood by bike) “ok, I can see them but they feel dry?”
Ocean (new voice on the phone) “ well first off wash the bike to get the fuel off so it doesn’t stain, then give the two clips on those pipes a good nip. We know it’s a problem an BMW have put out a recall and as soon as we have the bits we will give you a call”
Me “ok but in the meantime what’s the problem and is it likely to get worse?”
Ocean “it is probably where the joints have dried out over the weekend”
Me “yea, yea, never mind the b*****ks is it safe to ride?”
Ocean “Well if nipping those two clips up dose it then yes, if not bring it in and we will have a look”
Anyway have nipped up the clips with a set of pincer crimps so will see if that dose the trick if not guess who’s going to Ocean tomorrow.
Now call me a sceptic but if BMW know there is a problem with this, especially as it involves fuel, rider and very hot bits being in close proximity why the F**k don’t they let us know.
So to everyone out there I would check your bike for this problem especially if it’s a 1150 ADV. Lastly if anyone else has had this experience let me know what happened.
Cheers
Had a bit of an experience this morning. Arrived at work and stopped the bike (1150 ADV 02 reg) as you do and thought this reeks of petrol (obviously not noticeable when blatting down the motorway still half a-kip) .
Look round bike and find the right hand side of the engine and gearbox with a liberal coating of fuel (removed fag from mouth and took a pace back).
Anyhow somewhat concerned, so straight on the dog to OCEAN BMW in Plymouth.
Conversation generally as follows.
Me “ Hi, I have fuel Pi**ing out of right hand side of bike all over hot engine, trousers boot etc and being as its just been serviced wondered if you have disturbed anything? ”
Ocean “No nothing like that, we have had a couple do this, don’t worry none have blown up”
Me “Good, But I don’t particularly want to be the first”
Ocean “it’s not the injector it’s the 2 pipes behind it that go into the two rubber hoses”
Me (now stood by bike) “ok, I can see them but they feel dry?”
Ocean (new voice on the phone) “ well first off wash the bike to get the fuel off so it doesn’t stain, then give the two clips on those pipes a good nip. We know it’s a problem an BMW have put out a recall and as soon as we have the bits we will give you a call”
Me “ok but in the meantime what’s the problem and is it likely to get worse?”
Ocean “it is probably where the joints have dried out over the weekend”
Me “yea, yea, never mind the b*****ks is it safe to ride?”
Ocean “Well if nipping those two clips up dose it then yes, if not bring it in and we will have a look”
Anyway have nipped up the clips with a set of pincer crimps so will see if that dose the trick if not guess who’s going to Ocean tomorrow.
Now call me a sceptic but if BMW know there is a problem with this, especially as it involves fuel, rider and very hot bits being in close proximity why the F**k don’t they let us know.
So to everyone out there I would check your bike for this problem especially if it’s a 1150 ADV. Lastly if anyone else has had this experience let me know what happened.
Cheers
