FI warning light on.

[chezza]

Morning all,

So, turned the bike on this morning ready for the run to work, jump on it, slow manovure around the garden to get out of the gate and then the FI light came on, the bike didnt cut out or anything and seemed to allow me to move on throttle.

I turned the bike off and started it again and the FI light didnt appear again. The bike hasnt been used for 4 days but then I have left it longer than that before.

I have just had a look and the oil level looks a little low so that will be the first thing I do this morning, but other than that I am at a loss.

Any idea's guys and gals ? oh its a 2011 SL0 btw with 20k, last service was about 6k miles ago

Cheers
Gav

[chezza]

just a quick update: the oil is actually fine, so ignore that one. The mode of the FI warning is A - so the red light remains lit and the temp gauge alternates between temp and FI hence the bike still runs.

I'm gonna contact the garage this morning as sadly I am no mech and will prob do more damage than good trying to sort out.

Cheers
Gav

[jambo]

Have a search for "FI dealer mode" or "FI dealer tool" on here, there is a tool that can give you a specific fault code. The tool itself is terribly terribly complex and is generally made using a paper clip or similar and takes several moments to fashion, so it's worth reading up on how to get the bike to give you the fault code before putting it into a garage.

Jambo

[chezza]

I love these forums - ok so dealer tool made, bike started and left to run for a couple of minutes - and the code.... c44 time to look that up.

Cheers for your help jambo. I used speaker wire in the end for the "tool"

[Bibio]

last service 6K miles ago... WHAT!

ooohhh and from what i remember C44 is lambda sensor.

[chezza]

its had an oil/filter change inbetween but nothing else...

Yeah searches bring up lambda sensor, and they dont look too expensive ? might even be worth a punt myself... not sure where it is though at the moment, back to google

[Bibio]

check the connector. take off the left hand side triangle panel and then separate the connector to check for furred up terminals. my k8 was a bit green inside and once cleaned it was ok. get yourself some proper connector grease and give it a squirt inside (it comes in a syringe) when you put it back together. as routine if i take a connector apart then i always assemble again with connector grease, unless i have done it previous. if that don't fix it then it's new lambda sensor time.

[chezza]

cheers bibio - will take a look now - out of interest where is the sensor located, I have tried to search but cannot find anything with either a diagram or photo. cheers

[chezza]

ok - connections look ok, not too dirty at all, disconnected and re-connected, same fault. I havent got any connector grease unfortunatley.

The bike is booked in to the garage for next week, but if I can do this myself for cheap then it may be worth a punt. Just need some guides -

[jambo]

Look at your exhaust link pipe just by the right rider's footpeg, on the inside of the pipe you'll see a sensor sticking out. It's the only thing plugged into the exhaust itself

Jambo