Good video, thanks! Note: For model years 2005-2013 (my R1200 GS Adventure is 2010, 70,000 miles), in August 2014 BMW issued a "Warranty Coverage Extension/Repair Expense Reimbursement" order which means that faults with the fuel strap are fixed free UNDER WARRANTY UP UNTIL 12 YEARS from initial retail sale of the bike. The replacement of my fuel strip happened in 2015 ($780 repair). If your bike is a 2013 you're still good until 2025.
Does that have two fuel sender units?! I have my 05 rt k26 apart and i cant find information on the routing of vacuum/fuel lines would you by chance be able to point me in the right direction? On my fuel filler neck where the strip is for the gauge there’s a hose and there’s a clamp at the end I don’t know what it clamps to. It’s so confusing and then on the field unit there is the vacuum line. What does that go to cause it’s been spraying everywhere. Thank you safe riding
Hello I have the same problem with the of heating grip in my1200GS2009, I checked it with polimeter and it’s ok, there is power in the circuit , but doesn’t work, if I will wash the bike and getting wet work also, do you have any idea what’s going on?
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I think I got that fuel strip replaced about 5 times on my 2007 GSA, there was a recall so the BMW dealer fixed it without charge. I also noticed that my fuel strip usually shows movement between 100 - 200 miles, before and after it shows full/empty. I learned that my tank lasts 300mi on the freeway, 350 mi on the highway, so I reset the miles after fueling and know when I need to buy gas. One thing that threw me off in the video, you used the green hose to refuel, which is diesel here in the USA. And my BMW shows mi, yours obviously km.
Hi, I bought my 2007 GS in 2012 in Phuket, Thailand. Whilst I still like the bike it has been the most unreliable piece of s**t ever. I think I am on my third fuel strip AND I am on my THIRD fuel pump!!!! The pumps keep failing, splitting at connection. Not easy to get BMW to pay for it, the "band aid" fix they did (small alluminium ring around the connection) still fails. After nearly 3 years of Covid (did not use the bike as I could not get back to Thailand) I got back to Phuket. My Honda Wave started on the second kick...the GS??? Of vourse not!!!! Took out the pump and the electric motor had RUSTED DEAD!!!! lucky me, I had an old pump with a good motor and my trusted 20 plus years experience mechanic did the swap and vroom vroom the GS started!!! He also sid the connection was "sweating" meaning this 3rd effing pump is on its way out. Just in passing, for general interest, I'll mention the following: rust on engine casing and petrol cap, a number og tyre pressure sensors, the key contactor, front shock leaking at 30k kms, a NEW ECU (yes, that failed too and BMW did not want to hear about it, it was not easy either to get them to replace the pumps free). Also, they will not do maintenance on spoke wheels...BUT...they will sell you new ones with 20% discount!!!! I am sure I forgot a few "things", apart from that I still like the way she rides...oh I just forgot, I just had the balancer seal fail, split the bike, 12 hours work!!!! Just saying...
Hey guys. I swapped the tape for the float on my 2009 GS Adv. I changed the pins on the ECU connectors and changed the programming via motoscan. And even then the reading is not correct. Autonomy went to 700km, and almost never indicates below 1/4 of the tank. I've tried everything. All that remains is to update the motorcycle's ZFE programming.
Thank you so much for this video! I have a 2007 GSA and have gone through 2 fuel strips. I rode a 9,000 mile trip with that damn fuel fault. Have a 7,000 mile trip planned for this June to the Arctic and having this float is going to is going to be a massive improvement. Never understood why BMW never came out with a retrofit for this issue. I have all the items on order and already cleared the fault with the resistor setup. I would never have tackled this on my own without seeing this well put together video. Thanks again!!!
I bought the FC1 from Proebeemer and a float more than a year ago, and now plan to do the install, since I have finally read all the threads online and watched the vids. It's clear that there are issues with the float in this application. I suspect that some of the inaccuracies and variation is due to the float itself. It may be hanging up on the inside of the tank or the hoses in the tank. My other thought is that the BMW design where fuel is pumped across to the opposite side of the tank at a certain level (suction driven pump). When this happens maybe the float moves and throws off the fuel level reading. My decision is to go ahead with the install replacing the strip which fails repeatedly. Even with the strip working it always lagged for the first half of the tank. There seems to be no great solution, just less bad solutions. I choose to do the float and play with the hoses and float wire shape to try and make it work better. Thanks to all who beat their heads against the wall making this happen so far.....
I have the same problem with my 2008 Adventure. I just let it be and zero the tripkilometers when I put my tank full of fuel. I know I can ride around 650-660 km on one tank. So I just have to look at that. It‘s by far the cheapest solution!!
Great video! But I have a different issue. I have a 2013 GSW with the same red/yellow-black connector for the heated handgrip. But in replacing the failed multifunction switch with a new one, I find no tabs to remove the plug and nowhere to plug the connector back in on the new switch. Any thoughts on this?
You showed marking the position of the fuel pump and reinstalling in the same position. But this is more critical when you put a float in; without the float the angle doesn't matter much. So it's important to get the fuel pump at a good position where the float isn't jammed up as it rises when you add fuel.
Please ignore this. The pump only goes in one way. But the mount for it might still be inaccurate for the float, in any case be sure to check that the float isn't stuck: I bent the arm a tiny bit. I cut a 48 inch piece of string, tied it in a loop, and pulled the knot from the pump opening to the top of the tank, then when I put in the float/pump assembly I looped the end of my loop twice around the float wire. Then I could test that the float actually cleared and worked: then untie the knot and remove the string.
Just fixed my heated grips on my f800gs. Didn't need to take the grips off the handlebars or disassemble anything. Just cut the old rubbers off, fix the broken tracks and slide new rubbers on.
why did you damage the rubber on the handle? after all, it pulls down in 10 seconds, just inject WD-40 under the rubber and you can easily remove the rubber. This way you threw a few dollars down the drain.
It's bonded on at both ends to prevent water ingress, so you have to cut it off. You should re-glue both ends after fitting new grips to prevent water getting into the heating element. 👍
No need to take off the complete tank. Can stay on the bike. It took me about 2hrs slow working to do the conversion. Got the float from BMW dealer. The diodes from the inventor directly.
Thank you so much for making this video! I watched both parts and it is really interesting! I just bought an 09 R1200RT that has this issue and I’m debating on trying the float or replacing the original strip. Are you satisfied with how the float is working now?
Mine is a 2007 GSA and the strip just failed and shows fuel warning and no range (With full tank of gas). This float replacement seems to not work well since it is not showing you an accurate level of how much gas is remaining. So why even do it ? I mean my not working fuel strip does the same thing (Not showing an accurate fuel level), so why go through the hassle of replacing it with something else that doesn't work ?? Am I missing something here ?? Has the float became accurate over time ? (I don't see how that would be possible).
@@chriseng2970 Perhaps you missed my point which was: The Fuel float replacement is NOT showing accurate Gas level, so you really don't know how much gas there is in the tank. My broken fuel strip is doing the same thing (Not showing me an accurate fuel level) and I basically have to keep track of the miles traveled when I do a fill up in order to know how much gas is remaining. So why go to the trouble of replacing a non working fuel strip with a non working fuel float ? I simply don't see the point.....if the float is not accurate & not showing the fuel level then why have it ?
