X1 dont run after she got washed???

[flatlander]

'00 X1, sunday morning went for a 50 mile ride came home and wifeie made me mow the yard. got done with that washed the bike, let her dry for about 30 min, then went to go to the gas station made it about a 1/4 mile she died. cranks over fine, fuel pump runs,sometimes has spark sometimes not, fuel injectors fire ( pulled gas tank, and injectors turnd on key hit starter, splat splat injectors shoot fuel) sorry for the long first post, just having a bad week ridin. alsow has codes 11 15 16 44. low batt code for cranking too long and draining batt. any help would be greatly appreciated.

bob

 

[Dave A]

Sorry can't help, but this has been posted before with almost the exact same scenario.

 

[williegoat]

Check the fuses first, then get a tube of dielectric grease, unplug, dry, grease and replug connectors, one by one (ECM, coil, plug wires, etc.)

 

[williegoat]

When I first got my S3, I solved several spurious trouble codes and an intermittent miss, by simply cleaning, (dielectric) greasing and re-seating the ECM connectors.

 

[newyorkbuell]

+1000 on the dielectric greasing of the connectors, my dads x1 had similar issues till he did this.

 

[flatlander]

easter sunday, and happey b-day to me too. bike still dont run. crank and just barely crack throttel and she fires and runs for about 2-3 seconds.. try and open throttle when she fires and it dies. wont know the fuel press untill tomarrow night when i get guages from work. ive taken apart every connector i can get to and cant find any moisture in anything!?!?!? the bikes been running great this spring, till she got a bath!1 DAMN IT

 

[williegoat]

Is it possible that you got water in the fuel?

 

[flatlander]

goat thought of that and dumped it and put about two gallons of fresh 92 octane in her.. thanks for the thought though.

 

[williegoat]

With all of those trouble codes at once, it almost has to be an electrical/ECM problem. I would still bet you it is the gray plug on the ECM.

 

[flatlander]

just got a buddies fuel pressure tester this morning, checked pressure and.. when you turn on the key it goes from 0 up to about 10 psi. when pump stops, after the first 2-3 sec. pressure drops to 0. turn key on let press. build to about 10 psi, and crank over press drops to about 2-4 psi. bad pump??

thanks for the help from all who posted

 

[williegoat]

The manual gives three suggestions for low fuel pressure:
1) clogged pickup screen at pump
2) poor connection (low voltage to pump)
3) bad pump

Good luck :[up]

 

[flatlander]

pulled fuel pump this morning, put it in a bucket with gas. then i hot wired the pump and the regulator is leaking a stream of gas. so i ordered a new regulator.

i hope this is the cure for my woes
bob

 

[flatlander]

sorry so long on the details. replaced regulator the other day, put her back to gather and she runs fin, went to dealer for a tps reset. now 150 miles later alls well. thanks for the replies and help.
bob

 

[BuellRiderX]

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[buellbradski]

Good to hear! Its funny sometimes you would think your problem is related to something youve done and winds up being unrelated. Im gonna go ahead and give you a rep point .