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From: JustBiggus on 13 Apr 2010 10:17 > Suzuki should be the ones footing the bill for a fuel pump that should last a lot longer than a measly 59000kms. How can they control what goes in your tank?
From: alx on 13 Apr 2010 17:16 On Apr 13, 7:43 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > So the SV had its 2nd birthday at the beginning of April. It's clocked up > almost 59000kms, and had started making a funny whistling noise after my > last big ride through the Snowies and down to Broadford in late March, the > week after the big ride to Jodz's birthday. > > After waiting to get it booked in, and asking various people what they > thought the weird noise might be, my lovely mechanic said 'Uh-oh, it's your > fuel pump', so I took it back to the dealer on the off-chance that a > warranty claim might be possible. I mean sheesh, you'd expect a fuel pump to > last more than 2 years, right? I thought the genuine Suzuki fuel filter was designed to protect the genuine Suzuki fuel pump from the non-genuine alleged dirty fuel? Anywayz...59,000 km (59 thousand or, in Nigeria-Speak, FIFTY NINE THOUSAND SUZUKI KILOMETRES) is a distance (for a motorcycle) far enough to cause some wear and tear in a number of components.
From: ross_w on 13 Apr 2010 18:09 On Apr 14, 7:16 am, alx <alxr...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Apr 13, 7:43 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: > > > So the SV had its 2nd birthday at the beginning of April. It's clocked up > > almost 59000kms, and had started making a funny whistling noise after my > > last big ride through the Snowies and down to Broadford in late March, the > > week after the big ride to Jodz's birthday. > > > After waiting to get it booked in, and asking various people what they > > thought the weird noise might be, my lovely mechanic said 'Uh-oh, it's your > > fuel pump', so I took it back to the dealer on the off-chance that a > > warranty claim might be possible. I mean sheesh, you'd expect a fuel pump to > > last more than 2 years, right? > > I thought the genuine Suzuki fuel filter was designed to protect the > genuine Suzuki fuel pump from the non-genuine alleged dirty fuel? > > Anywayz...59,000 km (59 thousand or, in Nigeria-Speak, FIFTY NINE > THOUSAND SUZUKI KILOMETRES) is a distance (for a motorcycle) far > enough to cause some wear and tear in a number of components. In fact if the classifieds are to be believed, they never last much more than 40,000km, since most of the ones for sale are much less than that, even if they're ten years old.
From: Kevin Gleeson on 13 Apr 2010 18:18 On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:16:54 -0700 (PDT), alx <alxr101(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Apr 13, 7:43�pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: >> So the SV had its 2nd birthday at the beginning of April. It's clocked up >> almost 59000kms, and had started making a funny whistling noise after my >> last big ride through the Snowies and down to Broadford in late March, the >> week after the big ride to Jodz's birthday. >> >> After waiting to get it booked in, and asking various people what they >> thought the weird noise might be, my lovely mechanic said 'Uh-oh, it's your >> fuel pump', so I took it back to the dealer on the off-chance that a >> warranty claim might be possible. I mean sheesh, you'd expect a fuel pump to >> last more than 2 years, right? > > >I thought the genuine Suzuki fuel filter was designed to protect the >genuine Suzuki fuel pump from the non-genuine alleged dirty fuel? > >Anywayz...59,000 km (59 thousand or, in Nigeria-Speak, FIFTY NINE >THOUSAND SUZUKI KILOMETRES) is a distance (for a motorcycle) far >enough to cause some wear and tear in a number of components. Yeah, I'll second that motion. Bikes have small components for obvious reasons. I reckon 59k km is a fair call for a fuel pump. It might have lasted a lot longer or a lot less. Sort of like a Honda rectifier. They could build a fuel pump that would last a lot longer but would have to make it from very expensive material or big and chunky and about the size of your fuel tank. That said, I would have thought you'd be inside warranty on less than two years? Kev
From: bikerbetty on 13 Apr 2010 18:32
"Kevin Gleeson" <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message news:h7r9s5t76k82tn24g575vklclcsqmdkcoo(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:16:54 -0700 (PDT), alx <alxr101(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >>On Apr 13, 7:43 pm, "bikerbetty" <bikerbettyatgmaildotcom> wrote: >>> So the SV had its 2nd birthday at the beginning of April. It's clocked >>> up >>> almost 59000kms, and had started making a funny whistling noise after my >>> last big ride through the Snowies and down to Broadford in late March, >>> the >>> week after the big ride to Jodz's birthday. >>> >>> After waiting to get it booked in, and asking various people what they >>> thought the weird noise might be, my lovely mechanic said 'Uh-oh, it's >>> your >>> fuel pump', so I took it back to the dealer on the off-chance that a >>> warranty claim might be possible. I mean sheesh, you'd expect a fuel >>> pump to >>> last more than 2 years, right? >> >> >>I thought the genuine Suzuki fuel filter was designed to protect the >>genuine Suzuki fuel pump from the non-genuine alleged dirty fuel? >> >>Anywayz...59,000 km (59 thousand or, in Nigeria-Speak, FIFTY NINE >>THOUSAND SUZUKI KILOMETRES) is a distance (for a motorcycle) far >>enough to cause some wear and tear in a number of components. > > Yeah, I'll second that motion. Bikes have small components for obvious > reasons. I reckon 59k km is a fair call for a fuel pump. It might have > lasted a lot longer or a lot less. Sort of like a Honda rectifier. > They could build a fuel pump that would last a lot longer but would > have to make it from very expensive material or big and chunky and > about the size of your fuel tank. > > That said, I would have thought you'd be inside warranty on less than > two years? The noise started just short of the 2 year mark. By the time I was able to get it into the workshop it was a week outside warranty - a 2 year UNLIMITED KILOMETRE warranty. I guess it was always a shot in the dark - although Greg, the dealer, said that from the way Suzuki were talking, they would've refused the claim even if it had happened 6 months ago. Fortunately I had the cash put aside for something else. Looks like the dividing fence between me and my next door neighbour, complete with razor wire and gun turret, will have to wait. betty |