Fuel Pump Fix

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After 4 days trying to fix my ruining problems of no power, top speed of 10 kph OR 110 kph and no acceleration. I traced the fault to the fuel pump assembly. Sometimes it would work, other times it wouldn't. Pressure was either good or poor. It looked like a dodgy fuel pump which Suzuki want $700. If i had taken it to a dealer they would have replaced the assembly which would have fixed the problem but cost me $1000.

I'm unemployed at the moment so that was out of the question. I doubt VERY much I'm the only person to have this problem in the past
or future.

Photos and instructions following

Ewok1958 wrote:Gus, the Bandit fuel pump legend, is owed!! 

 Big time ! .............

Did I tell you about the time I put the front side panels (plastic ) in the oven (on extra low ) to help dry the paint . I opened the oven after 5 mins to find the panel had shrunk to half its size .
Some things work ,some don't .

gus wrote:Did I tell you about the time I put the front side panels (plastic ) in the oven (on extra low ) to help dry the paint . I opened the oven after 5 mins to find the panel had shrunk to half its size .
Some things work ,some don't .

My kids used to do that at school with chip / shapes packets to make key ring tags out of them..

paul wrote:

gus wrote:Did I tell you about the time I put the front side panels (plastic ) in the oven (on extra low ) to help dry the paint . I opened the oven after 5 mins to find the panel had shrunk to half its size .
Some things work ,some don't .

My kids used to do that at school with chip / shapes packets to make key ring tags out of them..

I don't think my kids have ever even heard of that, our class rooms had old oil burning heaters, we used to do it all the time 

Chook wrote:

paul wrote:

gus wrote:Did I tell you about the time I put the front side panels (plastic ) in the oven (on extra low ) to help dry the paint . I opened the oven after 5 mins to find the panel had shrunk to half its size .
Some things work ,some don't .

My kids used to do that at school with chip / shapes packets to make key ring tags out of them..

I don't think my kids have ever even heard of that, our class rooms had old oil burning heaters, we used to do it all the time 

We had a wood heater at Forbes primary...................I think my kids teacher must have done it as well when they were young 

Paul

Ewok1958 wrote:Gus, the Bandit fuel pump legend, is owed!! 

 Big time ! .............

Absolutely!! Fuel vouchers? Bunnings gift cards? Funds deposited into Gus' account? A scone tab at Gus' favourite scone shop??
Your choice Gus.........
PM me your details.

I'm not a big achiever in life . Knowing I got some small thing right to help someone out  is gratitude enough .
Maybe when I die and get to the " Pearly Gates " I can say "Don't ride a 1250 Bandit do you ?"
He Will probably be a Harley man so ill be stuffed though .

gus wrote:I'm not a big achiever in life . Knowing I got some small thing right to help someone out  is gratitude enough .
Maybe when I die and get to the " Pearly Gates " I can say "Don't ride a 1250 Bandit do you ?"
He Will probably be a Harley man so ill be stuffed though .

It wouldnt matter Gus. You'd make it on 1 tank on your Bandit. That would impress the gate keeper enough

I carried out Gus's fuel pump fix this morning, after my mechanic suggested the tea-bag filter could have been the cause of the hesitation I had a few weeks ago.

This was what the tea- bag looked like after 32000 ks


The only thing I did different to Gus's instructions was i used Clean-R-Carb by CRC to wash out the internal filter and replaced the tea-bag with a new genuine one, $38 ouch.

You can buy a pump with a filter on ebay for $37 but I wanted it today

The teabag one looks like it's done its job well 

paul wrote:The teabag one looks like it's done its job well 

Goes to show how bad our fuel is

or how bad the tanks are at the outlets we buy it from

Or, an even bigger question, "Why isn't the fuel filter in the maintenance schedule?"

The service interval for the tea bag is buried in some obscure place in the manual somewhere and given as 48000k.

The filters look like clogged old teabags after the first 1000k and look exactly the same at 48000k

Fuel pumps? Tea bag filters? Lint in the filters? My bike eats that shit before breakfast!

Kiwisteve wrote:Fuel pumps? Tea bag filters? Lint in the filters? My bike eats that shit before breakfast!

Isn't there a saying ................you are what you eat ?

MM I recall you saying you fill your bike from fuel kept in jerry cans.
There not those arrmy disposal metal ones are they?

spanna wrote:MM I recall you saying you fill your bike from fuel kept in jerry cans.
There not those arrmy disposal metal ones are they?

No plastic ones and the fuel is never very old

According to the mechanic at the dealership it is a very common problem, through most of the EFI bikes including gixxers and boulevards.
Often changing these filters much earlier than mine was.

madmax wrote:

spanna wrote:MM I recall you saying you fill your bike from fuel kept in jerry cans.
There not those arrmy disposal metal ones are they?

No plastic ones and the fuel is never very old

I'm sure I saw a funnel with a filter somewhere, since you're already filling manually...

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gus wrote:After 4 days trying to fix my ruining problems of no power, top speed of 10 kph OR 110 kph and no acceleration. I traced the fault to the fuel pump assembly. Sometimes it would work, other times it wouldn't. Pressure was either good or poor. It looked like a dodgy fuel pump which Suzuki want $700. If i had taken it to a dealer they would have replaced the assembly which would have fixed the problem but cost me $1000.

I'm unemployed at the moment so that was out of the question. I doubt VERY much I'm the only person to have this problem in the past
or future.

Photos and instructions following

Pertaing to the "CAP" of the fuel pump where you use your copper wire....  Could you poke holes in that screen and install an In Line Furl filter?

You could but is there any benefit ? Holes in a part and costs money . I only ever had to clean the mesh once ,after that (40,000kl) it was fine .

Thank you so much Gus!! I've got an '11 FA with about 50K on it. Same thing precisely as you described it. Mechanic assured me he'd cleaned out the whole pump assembly twice and I defo needed a new or 2nd hand pump. Asked him about the picture you showed and he asked "what's down there?" so I knew he hadn't done it. Followed your instructions, super easy, running better than I ever remember!! Saved me $800! Legend!!