Help with dreaded fuel gauge issues
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 6:07 pm
So after 99000 miles I’ve got the dreaded fuel gauge problem. Filled up one day, hit a few potholes as our roads are crap, may or maybe not be related..... start the bike next day and the fuel gauge shows zero, light flashing and hazard triangle on.
Bike still running fine.
Spent hours reading about the issue, tried the piezo lighter trick, didn’t work, got a price of £293 from the Northampton dealer, are you serious! To replace the fuel strip and decided to live with it.
So I made up the well publicised dummy full tank with the 2 resistors and wired it all up but still all the annoying flashing lights and warnings:(
I also measured the voltage across pins 1-4 of the removed connector and get a maximum of 133mv and when connected even less. I also checked the continuity of pins 2-3, good and pins 1-4 good. I can even use the piezo lighter to get a spark right through the fuel strip to its matching pair, so 2-3 and 1-4 so the fuel strip might well be ok and my heater is not getting any voltage.
Does anybody have experience of the same issue?
I didn’t think of taking my 12v feed from the battery as the guys that found the fix did initially. I guess that might rule that out. But I’ve run out of daylight:)
Bike still running fine.
Spent hours reading about the issue, tried the piezo lighter trick, didn’t work, got a price of £293 from the Northampton dealer, are you serious! To replace the fuel strip and decided to live with it.
So I made up the well publicised dummy full tank with the 2 resistors and wired it all up but still all the annoying flashing lights and warnings:(
I also measured the voltage across pins 1-4 of the removed connector and get a maximum of 133mv and when connected even less. I also checked the continuity of pins 2-3, good and pins 1-4 good. I can even use the piezo lighter to get a spark right through the fuel strip to its matching pair, so 2-3 and 1-4 so the fuel strip might well be ok and my heater is not getting any voltage.
Does anybody have experience of the same issue?
I didn’t think of taking my 12v feed from the battery as the guys that found the fix did initially. I guess that might rule that out. But I’ve run out of daylight:)