Re: RE:[ST] Strange behaviour.....

["mike benzon" <tiggertoo090@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

With Gary's first posting, I started thinking TPS. BMW owners are very
insistant about calibrating theirs, they refer to it as the "zero to zero"
adjustment. I would suggest talking to a dealer about this.

Mike
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Kohlscheen" <TrumpST@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:32 PM
Subject: RE:[ST] Strange behaviour.....


> <<
> Hi All,
>
> My RS has a little problem. Recently, it seems to crank a little slower
and
> longer before starting. Yesterday, it would crank but not fire. The bike
is
> an 02 that I purchased new a few months ago. It is NOT the battery. The
> battery is quite strong. Anyway, after fiddling with it awhile, I found
that
> if while attempting to start I open the throttle just a tad, it would
crank
> noticably faster and then fire. This makes me a bit gunshy to take a trip
> this weekend, and the long term effects of so much cranking has to take
its
> toll on the battery.
>
> Any ideas/suggestions ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John Ulizzi
> >>
> I've had simmilar issues.  The '99 I had did that too me once.  Dealer
> reflashed the ECU, and it didn't do it again, but it did seem to turn over
> longer to start.  The '02 started running very odd, ended up being a bad
> throttle position sensor.  At a static seting the rheostat was sending
> variable readings to the ECU.  The dealer tech should be able to check
this
> with the gameboy, he just needs to know what to look for.
>
> Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen
>
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