You would have thought I would know the answer to this one....38.0 = can line error.....but no. I was on my way home, bike had started instantly on the button.......then 5 miles down the road filtering down a queue of traffic and suddenly it just dies. Plenty of fuel ...battery good....cranks over well.....but no sparks I disconnect dash and reconnect...still no go small 3 amp fuse blown(nearest battery end of fuse block)....replaced......still no go Fuel pump primes ok Call the RAC man out ....he checks engine speed sensor....ok side stand switch.....ok neutral light shows...ok No spark at the plugs so I get to ride home in the truck The dash recently has been unresponsive until a few miles down the road .....after the tacho needle suddenly springs to life and then I can change the clock and reset trip but not when I initially turn the ignition on. Any pointers greatly appreciated Andy P.
Ohhh Yessss The engineer triumphs over the machine I thought what are the Italian bikes renowned for.........water in the electrics No sparks.....whats in control of the sparks.....ecu took the ecu off Ok ....4 torx srews holding it together.....well I've never seen inside one of those so lets have a look......screws out and it separates mmmmm a heat sink which the earth was connected to and another piece (riveted and plastic welded together with the processors and connectors) but the joint between heat sink and circuit board is full of corrosion.. .aluminium against aluminium. cleaned the faces and greased them(copper slip), reassembled, reconnect plugs and battery(now fully recharged) pressed the button and the beast roars into life. it would seem this time the earth for the ecu was not good enough through all the corrosion
Good work and congrats on finding the cause/fix...........you should repost this on multistrada.net (quite a lot of talk recently re 'classic' MTS electrical faults;-)
