Sounds like the hose popped off the fuel filter. You can check by shining a flashlight in the fuel filler and turn the key on and off a few times and look for swirling fuel. Either way relay or fuel hose the tupperware and tank must come off. You can try the starting fluid again but this time spray in the snorkle on the right side of the forks that way it will get to all cylinders. If you have a meter or test light you can check the fuel pump relay by pulling the connector at the fuel pump and place the leads in the connector. It should show a momentary light or voltage indication when you turn on the key then it will go out.
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John,
That did the trick. Unfortunately, I had already taken the entire top end of the bike apart while trying to narrow down the culprit. When I took off the fuel pump assy on the bottom of the tank, the entire pump/filter came out and I immediately saw that one end of the hose to the filter was off. It is a shame, because I had to drain the entire (full) tank to solve this - my wife holding the funnel into the gas can didn't make her day either
Now one of the quick disconnects to the fuel lines snapped, but I will gladly pay a few bucks vs. a new fuel pump. It received lots of good tips by reading other posts. Thanks for chiming in, John. I really appreciate it.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Paul
That did the trick. Unfortunately, I had already taken the entire top end of the bike apart while trying to narrow down the culprit. When I took off the fuel pump assy on the bottom of the tank, the entire pump/filter came out and I immediately saw that one end of the hose to the filter was off. It is a shame, because I had to drain the entire (full) tank to solve this - my wife holding the funnel into the gas can didn't make her day either
Now one of the quick disconnects to the fuel lines snapped, but I will gladly pay a few bucks vs. a new fuel pump. It received lots of good tips by reading other posts. Thanks for chiming in, John. I really appreciate it.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Paul
Two things to look for. There is a second electrical plug in the same vicinity of the fuel pump connection that is the same plug but for an auxiliary power port like on the left side. It is wired backwards and hot all the time so make sure your pump is not running all the time. It also would be running backwards which won't work. If you took off the fuel lines from the pump flange, you could have put them on backwards and putting pressure on the back side of the pressure regulator which also does not work. Just 2 things to check.
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Wow... Thanks so incredibly much! I have an 01 and have had it torn down the second month I bought it. I got it two years ago. It started with a bad front wheel bearing and a worn rear tire. When fixing those and then new brake pads while it was apart, a brake line burst when bleeding them. I had heard they were prone to failure; sure enough, mine did. I figured I would install steel braided lines to ensure it will never happen again. So..... While I was knee-deep in this, I might as well go the distance. I have been through the whole thing, top to bottom. Installed new Hyperpro springs and even repainted all the pannels once off; then life happens, and a year passes with it being torn apart.
Being I never started off to dismantle the whole thing, and it just "escalated quickly," I never took pictures. UGH! This past week I set off to reassemble it. Wow, where do all the thousands of screws and bolts go? HA! One of the last jobs was to change the fuel filter before reassembly, did so, and before all was to be put back together, I put a splash of fuel in, cranked it, and nada. It would not start. I panicked a bit, thinking I jacked something up in the two-year process. I quickly jumped on the forum. To be honest, I did not expect what I would find. THANK YOU (bmwcoolk1200)! I had the diagram of the hose placement you posted and still crossed the lines. Geezzz. If I had not read what you posted and having shared the diagram, I am not sure I would have checked t being I had the diagram. Crazy. Now to pull it back apart and reroute them.
Thanks all!
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