bike dies/starving of fuel
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Now I have a new project... Ill make a new post if you think its needed. While digging around in all this mess I noticed my battery has been seeming lower and lower so I did a drain test and found I kid you not a 5 amp drain in my instrument cluster. The 5 amp draw is coming from the red wire in the starter solenoid which leads to the instrument cluster and the key switch, I disconnected the key switch and the draw remained, so that left the cluster and an unknown wire. (pictured below) I tried finding a new cluster on ebay and found nothing... I already took it apart and found no visible shorts. Have you ever heard of the cluster drawing this much? Im wondering if this is what caused my stator to die last year and is what has been giving my bike problems. thats what like 60 watts?
pictured below is the wiring diagram from the manual where is shows 4 wires in the starter solenoid but my bike has a 5th, small gauge maybe 16? I dont feel like tearing apart the harness to find out where it goes, do you know? its tied into the same line that I have my drain in, even though im certain the drain is coming from the cluster. its the tiny red wire right next to the thicker red wire.
pictured below is the wiring diagram from the manual where is shows 4 wires in the starter solenoid but my bike has a 5th, small gauge maybe 16? I dont feel like tearing apart the harness to find out where it goes, do you know? its tied into the same line that I have my drain in, even though im certain the drain is coming from the cluster. its the tiny red wire right next to the thicker red wire.
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With a fully charged battery you could try pulling Fuses one at a time to narrow down where the drain could be, if you already have a test lamp and the draw is above 4amp then it should light up a test lamp on the affected circuit, also disconnect Stator then Rec/Reg to see if there is any drop
Last edited by CaBaRet; 04-15-2019 at 04:01 AM. Reason: spelling
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No I meant do you know where that little red wire is going since its not on the wiring diagram it looks factory so I was hoping maybe another F4 owner would know.
My draw is coming from my instrument cluster, just didn't know if 5 amp was from a short or a bad circuit on the board.
My draw is coming from my instrument cluster, just didn't know if 5 amp was from a short or a bad circuit on the board.