David13
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Fuel pressure controller. It sits on top of the tank, and supposedly toggles the fuel pump between 80% and 100% voltage.
They fail.
I knew mine would fail, 2008 R1200RT. But I didn't realize it would happen in Mexico, with 12000 miles on the bike.
I had to get towed off the mountain. To the city. Then someone else brought their spare down to me from the Los Angeles area.
They had been told by the dealer that it looked like theirs was going bad.
They get wet, they corrode, and they fail.
There was a recall, but only on GS and only 2006 to 2008 models.
In 2009 BMW went to a different controller, only in the sense that it was black anodized and sealed around the plug.
Some still fail.
Carry a spare (your old one, which didn't fail yet) or a bypass cable.
I guess it's like the old Ford ignition modules.
dc
Fuel pressure controller. It sits on top of the tank, and supposedly toggles the fuel pump between 80% and 100% voltage.
They fail.
I knew mine would fail, 2008 R1200RT. But I didn't realize it would happen in Mexico, with 12000 miles on the bike.
I had to get towed off the mountain. To the city. Then someone else brought their spare down to me from the Los Angeles area.
They had been told by the dealer that it looked like theirs was going bad.
They get wet, they corrode, and they fail.
There was a recall, but only on GS and only 2006 to 2008 models.
In 2009 BMW went to a different controller, only in the sense that it was black anodized and sealed around the plug.
Some still fail.
Carry a spare (your old one, which didn't fail yet) or a bypass cable.
I guess it's like the old Ford ignition modules.
dc