Hi guys,

It rained pretty hard today, and all if a sudden, the bike started acting really weird.
First it popped, then it stalled, and then it wouldn't start again easily, ie I had to give it gas to get it work, and in order to get home, I had to stay on the throttle all the time or it would stall.

The things I think might be causing it, since it only happened after the rain,
1 could be that since I don't have an air filter cover some water got sucked in,
2 I installed flush mounted gas cap and indicator
Or something completely diffent

I'll see how she reacts tomorrow morningmand probably stop at the dealer on the way to work.

Anyone experience something similar?

Thanks

Lou

 

Do you have aftermarket fuel management? PCIII, etc? If so water may have gotten in the connection. Disconnect it and let it dry and see if it clear up. A quicker route is to disconnect it and reconnect the factory ECM and see if the problem clears.

E-

 

Flush-mounted? Couldn't that possibly allow some water to enter the fuel system?

I ask this knowing that it is usual to suspect an electrical problem in the rain.

 

Same thing happened to me after a wash. HAd water get in the connection between the PCV and the stock ECU. Took it apart, dried it out and sprayed some wire dyrer then all was good.

 

I'll Try what you guys just said.
The dealer hooked it up to the computer and the fault it shot back was that little relay wire found at the front of the bike.
I'm gonna take off the pcv as well and see if that solves the problem.

Thanks,

Lou

 

So it was the PCV...opened it and a waterfall came out.

I have taken it off, and now the bike is running very well.

Thanks for the info guys, it was you that fixed my bike, not the dealer...they didn't know what the problem was until I told them what I'd read here on this forum...

Thanks again,

Ride Safe,

Lou

 

Glad it was an easy fix for you. I have been thinking about getting some heat shrink tubing to try and keep the water out but I'm not sure how hot it gets where the connectors are.

 

Man, that's so common. Glad you figured it out. I was gonna suggest taking a hair dryer to everything electric, but it turns out to be a wet PCIII/V again....when will they make those connectors water tight?

 

 

Had se same thing happen to mine after washed it.... Its the black connector that seems to hold the water when it gets in the end... I got some dialectic grease in a spray can and filled the connector... The split the backs of the gray connectors open and filled those too..