Triumphrat

ikonoklass · 05-11-2003

I just posted this in another forum, and realized it should have probably gone here instead. My apologies:

Folks, I bought a 2000 Red Sprint ST yesterday, and just took her on her maiden voyage today. (Couldn't ride yesterday; too much snow!) Anyway, when I bought it, the guy said something about a fuel sender blah blah blah, and that it caused the fuel gauge to zoom up and down. I didn't really care, since my last bike didn't have a fuel gauge, and I'm pretty comfortable just going by the mileage. So I'm riding today, and I notice that when I brake, it does, indeed, cause the fuel gauge to go way down, presumably because the gas is sloshing away from some sensor. Again, no big deal. But I wound up stalling it twice when I was braking aggressively and had the clutch pulled in, like when coming to a quick stop at a light. Has anyone else had this problem? I saw a recall notice on this fuel sender thing, but it looked like my VIN number was a just a little too low. It hasn't jettisoned any fuel on my engine, so it doesn't really sound like the same problem, but if it is and I can get it replaced free, then I'm all over it. Thanks in advance.

ikonoklass · 05-11-2003

I just posted this in another forum, and realized it should have probably gone here instead. My apologies:

Folks, I bought a 2000 Red Sprint ST yesterday, and just took her on her maiden voyage today. (Couldn't ride yesterday; too much snow!) Anyway, when I bought it, the guy said something about a fuel sender blah blah blah, and that it caused the fuel gauge to zoom up and down. I didn't really care, since my last bike didn't have a fuel gauge, and I'm pretty comfortable just going by the mileage. So I'm riding today, and I notice that when I brake, it does, indeed, cause the fuel gauge to go way down, presumably because the gas is sloshing away from some sensor. Again, no big deal. But I wound up stalling it twice when I was braking aggressively and had the clutch pulled in, like when coming to a quick stop at a light. Has anyone else had this problem? I saw a recall notice on this fuel sender thing, but it looked like my VIN number was a just a little too low. It hasn't jettisoned any fuel on my engine, so it doesn't really sound like the same problem, but if it is and I can get it replaced free, then I'm all over it. Thanks in advance.

05-12-2003

Hi. My Legend is carburetted, but here are my two cents.

It's one thing if your fuel gauge is going wacko because the gas is sloshing back and forth in your tank and the gauge doesn't know where the gas level really is. It's quite another thing if, e.g., your fuel sending unit is acting weird because it's shorted to another circuit (brakes, fuel injector).

One quick test would be to apply the brakes when your stationary and see if the fuel gauge changes or if the power cuts. If it only happens when you're riding, instead you could apply the brakes with a full tank of gas... since tank is full, sloshing shouldn't affect gauge too much.

If the problem is unrelated to braking and to amount of gas in tank, but there's just a short in the fuel sending unit, and if it's intermittent (only when riding under certain conditions), check the wiring diagram to see what else is on the same circuit as the fuel sending unit.

Perhaps there's a short to a circuit connected to the fuel injectors. Have any more details to help diagnose?...Jerry

05-12-2003

Hi. My Legend is carburetted, but here are my two cents.

It's one thing if your fuel gauge is going wacko because the gas is sloshing back and forth in your tank and the gauge doesn't know where the gas level really is. It's quite another thing if, e.g., your fuel sending unit is acting weird because it's shorted to another circuit (brakes, fuel injector).

One quick test would be to apply the brakes when your stationary and see if the fuel gauge changes or if the power cuts. If it only happens when you're riding, instead you could apply the brakes with a full tank of gas... since tank is full, sloshing shouldn't affect gauge too much.

If the problem is unrelated to braking and to amount of gas in tank, but there's just a short in the fuel sending unit, and if it's intermittent (only when riding under certain conditions), check the wiring diagram to see what else is on the same circuit as the fuel sending unit.

Perhaps there's a short to a circuit connected to the fuel injectors. Have any more details to help diagnose?...Jerry

05-16-2003

Just to let you know I'll had that happen a couple of times on my Speed Triple. It's a 99 model so it should have the same engine as yours. Let me know what you find out.

05-16-2003

Just to let you know I'll had that happen a couple of times on my Speed Triple. It's a 99 model so it should have the same engine as yours. Let me know what you find out.

ikonoklass · 05-28-2003

Now that I've had the bike a couple weeks, it's really not much of a bother. It definitely only happens when the fuel level is down; i.e., a full tank solves the problem. Otherwise, I've learned to live with it, although I may spend the money to have it fixed sometime in the future. I definitely think my fuel gauge is wildly inaccurate, though. Anyone else?

ikonoklass · 05-28-2003

Now that I've had the bike a couple weeks, it's really not much of a bother. It definitely only happens when the fuel level is down; i.e., a full tank solves the problem. Otherwise, I've learned to live with it, although I may spend the money to have it fixed sometime in the future. I definitely think my fuel gauge is wildly inaccurate, though. Anyone else?