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Recently my Vstrom developed starting trouble. Some days it would start fine, other days it'd take a few 5second bursts of the starter before it came to life. I started to do some light diagnosis (like tossing some SeaFoam in a tank, thinking it might be the fuel injectors), but eventually it just died, leaving me stranded at work, so I've started attacking it in earnest (true to its fickle nature, it started perfectly the next day so I could take it home).
I did some forum searching. Whenever it fails to start, the FI light comes on, so I found the post describing how to put the bike into dealer mode, and got a C42 error (Ignition switch). That has been attributed to dirty contacts.
It looks like its quite an effort to get down to some of the contacts to clean them, so I'm a little concerned that the C42 could be a red herring... could it simply be saying "the idiot holding the handlebars let go of the ignition switch too early?"
Beyond the ignition switch, does anyone have any easy to check things before I start filling my garage with disassembled Vstrom pieces? I believe I can hear the exhaust put-putting when the starter is going, so the engine should be turning over. I haven't pulled the spark plugs yet.. they're probably next on my list!
I did some forum searching. Whenever it fails to start, the FI light comes on, so I found the post describing how to put the bike into dealer mode, and got a C42 error (Ignition switch). That has been attributed to dirty contacts.
It looks like its quite an effort to get down to some of the contacts to clean them, so I'm a little concerned that the C42 could be a red herring... could it simply be saying "the idiot holding the handlebars let go of the ignition switch too early?"
Beyond the ignition switch, does anyone have any easy to check things before I start filling my garage with disassembled Vstrom pieces? I believe I can hear the exhaust put-putting when the starter is going, so the engine should be turning over. I haven't pulled the spark plugs yet.. they're probably next on my list!