My fuel strip sometimes has a rest and gives up the ghost, but normally running a few tanks of fuel through the system, the gauge comes back to life.
Fuel display problem
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It is a common problem. There is information out there on converting it to a float system, so do come web searching. Just putting in another strip is expensive and leaves you in the same situation down the road. Here is enough information to keep you reading for a couple of nights. (using the advanced search on the three vertical dots is a good tool)
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appreciate your response, thats the best case i could hope for
Hello again, i'd like to kindly thank you all for responding to my issue, after considering it all, I have my bike booked into Budds BMW on June 8 to have it replaced. Dealer clearly stated that it comes with a two year warranty, but thats it, so for example if it fails and needs replacing after one year, 364 days, they will replace it, but then thats it, 2 years warranty, one time! Cost including taxes will be shy of $700.00 Cdn. He said they fail possibly due to ethanol fuels, which BMW engineers never really took into account, as its likely a north american thing. Shell gas in Canada has no ethanol, which I normally use but stored it this past winter with another brand, and also first fill up was another brand, coincidence? Likely, but who knows! The second option he offered was to leave it, and do as many of you have suggested, use the odometer/tripometer to gauge distance if you're familiar with your bike plus a visual into the tank, which obviously is the lesser pain in the wallet, but if you're like me, you'll want it fixed
Oh, I did ask him about a K1300 fuel strip upgrade and he said that is not doable as things (ie computer) are different.
So again, I thank you all for your help on this issue, happy trails to you all!
Oh, I did ask him about a K1300 fuel strip upgrade and he said that is not doable as things (ie computer) are different.
So again, I thank you all for your help on this issue, happy trails to you all!
It doable, many have done it as I will whe mine dies. I have a 2005 with 4,000 miles on it but got it from a friend when it had 2500 miles on it with a bad fuel strip. I had him replace it so im good fro a while but I figure it will go at some point. I have done the research on it and its not to hard. The computer will accept the k1300S or the K1200S system, you just have to tell it which system you have. Do some research, here is a start
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Fuel Strip thought
Does anyone know or can find out if the newer K1300S float type fuel level sensor will work in a K1200s. I'm reading that so many people are replacing fuel strips just to have to replace them again in a few months or miles. My fuel strip has quit and I'm looking at replacing it, but if I'm just...
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