Ok here’s the deal. I’ve searched around and haven’t found anyone with this exact issue (though there are a few that are somewhat similar)
Rode my '06 wee about 6 months ago, ran fine. Didn’t put stabil in (oops) and then went to start it a couple weeks ago and nothing.
The starter cranks strong (with jumper cables to my car's battery) but the bike won’t fire up. Checked TOS, kickstand, kill switch, and bike is in neutral and clutch is pulled. Disconnected and reconnected fuel line and wiring harness to fuel pump, wiggled starter relay, sloshed tank around. Tried giving it a little throttle and the cranking sound changes a bit but still won’t fire. Then I noticed the gas smells funny (like varnish) so I drained the tank and replaced with fresh gas. Still just cranks without catching. When I put it in dealer mode it shows C00.
The one thing I can find wrong is that the fuel pump doesn’t prime when I put it in on position, though the needles do sweep, lights come on, etc. The starter relay clicks when I hit the start button.
So I tried putting power from car battery directly to fuel pump (positive to red/yellow and ground to black/white and nothing happens. Checked fuses, all good.
Removed fuel pump from tank and didn’t see any gunk though there was a small patch of rust near some wiring connections, cleaned it up still nothing. Prefilter looks pretty clean.
My question is, can bad/old gas cause a fuel pump to fail? Does this sound like I need a new fuel pump? What else could it be?
Rode my '06 wee about 6 months ago, ran fine. Didn’t put stabil in (oops) and then went to start it a couple weeks ago and nothing.
The starter cranks strong (with jumper cables to my car's battery) but the bike won’t fire up. Checked TOS, kickstand, kill switch, and bike is in neutral and clutch is pulled. Disconnected and reconnected fuel line and wiring harness to fuel pump, wiggled starter relay, sloshed tank around. Tried giving it a little throttle and the cranking sound changes a bit but still won’t fire. Then I noticed the gas smells funny (like varnish) so I drained the tank and replaced with fresh gas. Still just cranks without catching. When I put it in dealer mode it shows C00.
The one thing I can find wrong is that the fuel pump doesn’t prime when I put it in on position, though the needles do sweep, lights come on, etc. The starter relay clicks when I hit the start button.
So I tried putting power from car battery directly to fuel pump (positive to red/yellow and ground to black/white and nothing happens. Checked fuses, all good.
Removed fuel pump from tank and didn’t see any gunk though there was a small patch of rust near some wiring connections, cleaned it up still nothing. Prefilter looks pretty clean.
My question is, can bad/old gas cause a fuel pump to fail? Does this sound like I need a new fuel pump? What else could it be?