BeemerBerg Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Was on a nice 5-day tour of Arizona last month (great weather!) on my 2010 RT. Filled up at a Chevron station, and a few miles later, the dreaded yellow triangle/zero fuel indicator went on. Quite familiar with this problem from my 2005 RT, so I figured I'd have to live with it. After a few stops & spirited riding, the light went out, and indicator worked. Next day filled up at generic gas station, and everything worked as it should. Are the fuel strips particular about which brand we put in the tank?? Seems to be an intermittant problem. Suggestions? Link to comment
dirtrider Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Was on a nice 5-day tour of Arizona last month (great weather!) on my 2010 RT. Filled up at a Chevron station, and a few miles later, the dreaded yellow triangle/zero fuel indicator went on. Quite familiar with this problem from my 2005 RT, so I figured I'd have to live with it. After a few stops & spirited riding, the light went out, and indicator worked. Next day filled up at generic gas station, and everything worked as it should. Are the fuel strips particular about which brand we put in the tank?? Seems to be an intermittant problem. Suggestions? Afternoon BeemerBerg Personally I haven't seen the fuel strip failures being fuel brand dependent as I have basically failed fuel strips with all the major brands. At one time I though we had a going theory about filling the tank from the R/H side of the bike (I failed 3 strips on my 1200RT right after a R/H side tank fill) but after a while I failed 4 more filling from the L/H side. Bottom line here: they just fail & fail often in some areas. Link to comment
Marty Hill Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 I only use chevron and have had no fuel strip issues ever! Link to comment
Don_Eilenberger Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 I only use chevron and have had no fuel strip issues ever! I sincerely hope you were knocking on wood as you typed that... the failure isn't a brand issue. It's a quality control issue. Link to comment
Marty Hill Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Obviously I know that, was trying to point out that there was nothing wrong with Chevron fuel. Link to comment
tallman Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Obviously I know that, was trying to point out that there was nothing wrong with Chevron fuel. Right. It ain't the gas, it is the strip itself. Link to comment
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