Shi*te fuel gauge . . .again !

[newbuild100]

I realise this may have been done to death but to save me going thru all posts, can anyone answer the following.
The bike is a 58 plate. The main concern is that when the gauge shows so many miles to go, the bike runs out of fuel far earlier than is suggested.
And,its getting worse. It ran out today showing 46 to go !
I have had it re-calibrated in the past, but to no avail obviously.

If a new gauge will turn out to be as unreliable in time, is there any point getting a new one fitted ?
And, is there any point putting in a claim to BMW themselves ? Im sure people on here have tried ?? What was the outcome ??

Thanks for any opinions/help

 

[flatdog]

been happening for bloody years now, I and most of us reset the trip meter and take note of the mileage...rather than relying on tech - or getting it changed to have the same thing repeat itself..

 

[fizzer]

i had a new strip fitted at alan jeffieries in west yorks the other week,it cost me 206 quid supplied fitted and calibrated,it all works brilliantly now including the count down miles gizmo.
so now when it says i got no miles left in the tank ,its about to stop

 

[Pukmeister]

Is the bike a GS Adventure?

If you lean the bike over to the left, does fuel return to the left side, allowing you to restart the bike and ride for more miles??

If so, the "sucking jet pump" isn't moving fuel from the right to left side of your fuel tank. This can be fixed by replacing the fuel pump inside the fuel tank with a new one.

A thread search will reveal more, I'm too lazy to do the hard work for you.

If your bike is a standard GS then ignore the above.

 

[newbuild100]

Yes, its a standard GS and I have learnt that leaning the bike over to its left gives it a few more miles. (Bit difficult as im only 10 and a bit stone mind)
I had to do this 4 times on local motorway today to allow me to service station.
If I decide to put a claim in against BMW, im gonna claim for shoe leather too !!

 

[Frankh]

Gauge

I realise this may have been done to death but to save me going thru all posts, can anyone answer the following.
The bike is a 58 plate. The main concern is that when the gauge shows so many miles to go, the bike runs out of fuel far earlier than is suggested.
And,its getting worse. It ran out today showing 46 to go !
I have had it re-calibrated in the past, but to no avail obviously.

If a new gauge will turn out to be as unreliable in time, is there any point getting a new one fitted ?
And, is there any point putting in a claim to BMW themselves ? Im sure people on here have tried ?? What was the outcome ??

Thanks for any opinions/help

I have an 09 GSA which I have owned from new gauge fine until Feb this year at about 33k and have had 3 new fuel strips since Feb now at 45k, all done under the extended warranty

 

[trainman]

Is the bike a GS Adventure?

If you lean the bike over to the left, does fuel return to the left side, allowing you to restart the bike and ride for more miles??

If so, the "sucking jet pump" isn't moving fuel from the right to left side of your fuel tank. This can be fixed by replacing the fuel pump inside the fuel tank with a new one.

A thread search will reveal more, I'm too lazy to do the hard work for you.

If your bike is a standard GS then ignore the above.

i thought this was true on al the GS models?, if not how does it get from one side to other

 

[Pukmeister]

i thought this was true on al the GS models?, if not how does it get from one side to other

I have no idea, maybe you could check the online parts fiche?


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[ebbo]

The real problem is BMW haven't come up with a proper fix

 

[Snaphappyuk]

3rd time lucky

SO for the 3rd time my guage has failed on my 2009 GS, the last one has lasted 8 weeks !, iv'e got a BMW used warranty but it's £50 excess every time, which the dealer is supposed to claim back and pass the refund on to me (i'm still waiting for the last one !), it's a shite system and and even worse part that BMW can't seem to get right, I'm seriously fed up with BMW.

 

[Bendy toy]

3 failed gauges, two replaced by the same tech. Maybe there is another problem that's causing the strips to fail. Maybe the mechanic was none too careful. Try a different dealer.