2012 R1200RT with 108,000 miles. Bike has ran impeccable since I bought it new. I live in Tampa. In May I was riding in NC in torrential rain. Stopped for gas, bike started, ran 30 seconds, died... would not start. Towed bike to Carolina BMW (Greensboro), they determined it was bad (water in) gas, pulled tank, flushed refilled with fresh gas, ran like a top. (I called the gas station and was told by the manager that I was the only person that had complained... I wrote it off that maybe I had let water get in the gas at the station. It was pouring down while I was filling up..)
I left NC, headed back to Florida, noticed smell of gas... When I got to Florida I found that gas was leaking around the quick disconnect at the top of the Fuel Pump on the gas tank. I tried several orings...no success to stop the leak, so a week or so later I picked up a new quick disconnect elbow fitting(O ring included) from my local dealer, installed it and left to go back to NC. By the time I got to NC it was leaking again. Went back to Carolina BMW, they said there was a crack in the flange where the quick connect fitting went in, and the only fix was a new fuel pump. They said it was a known issue, previous recall item,but because I was over 2 years beyond the warranty, BMW would not cover. That sucked... Put new fuel pump on and no issues since. Runs as good as the day i picked it up with 12 miles on it...
In June I rode from Florida to NC, to the Black Hills (SD), Chief Joseph, Beartooth, Glacier National Park, Canadian Rockies (Banff, Jasper, etc), back thru Montana, Idaho, Salt Lake, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Tampa. Bike performed absolutely flawless. (9,685 miles)... Got home, got new set of tires, washed bike, and parked it. It has set there with about a 1/2 full tank for about 2 1/2 weeks. (Although it is in a garage, it is Florida... 99% humidity everyday). Went out this morning to ride. It cranked, ran 15 seconds, died. Seemed to be the exact symptoms as previous water in fuel. Today I pulled tank off, flushed, put new gas...it cranked up and runs like it should.
Now my questions.... How can water get in the gas tank so easy? Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to inspect? or how to avoid recurrence? Can water get into the tank by any means other than thru the fill hole?
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your suggestions. (I guess it proves a BMW should never be washed ? ...but I do occasionally ride in some rain...)
I left NC, headed back to Florida, noticed smell of gas... When I got to Florida I found that gas was leaking around the quick disconnect at the top of the Fuel Pump on the gas tank. I tried several orings...no success to stop the leak, so a week or so later I picked up a new quick disconnect elbow fitting(O ring included) from my local dealer, installed it and left to go back to NC. By the time I got to NC it was leaking again. Went back to Carolina BMW, they said there was a crack in the flange where the quick connect fitting went in, and the only fix was a new fuel pump. They said it was a known issue, previous recall item,but because I was over 2 years beyond the warranty, BMW would not cover. That sucked... Put new fuel pump on and no issues since. Runs as good as the day i picked it up with 12 miles on it...
In June I rode from Florida to NC, to the Black Hills (SD), Chief Joseph, Beartooth, Glacier National Park, Canadian Rockies (Banff, Jasper, etc), back thru Montana, Idaho, Salt Lake, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Tampa. Bike performed absolutely flawless. (9,685 miles)... Got home, got new set of tires, washed bike, and parked it. It has set there with about a 1/2 full tank for about 2 1/2 weeks. (Although it is in a garage, it is Florida... 99% humidity everyday). Went out this morning to ride. It cranked, ran 15 seconds, died. Seemed to be the exact symptoms as previous water in fuel. Today I pulled tank off, flushed, put new gas...it cranked up and runs like it should.
Now my questions.... How can water get in the gas tank so easy? Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I need to inspect? or how to avoid recurrence? Can water get into the tank by any means other than thru the fill hole?
Sorry for the long post. Thanks for your suggestions. (I guess it proves a BMW should never be washed ? ...but I do occasionally ride in some rain...)