took my 99 GSXL to the lake yesterday and it would not start. Just put a new starter in it and about $100 of Loctite for things I'd never imagined before. It started up great at the house 5-6 times. Dropped it in the water and it popped once (maybe one cylinder, one time) and that was it. I tried for an hour to get it to fire up and nothing. Took it back to the house and tinkered for 45 minutes went through the MPEM/DES settings and it started. Why, I don't know . Every time I was getting the 2 beeps that the DES fob was connected correctly but, no fire when it was in the water or the first 10 times I hit the start button after coming home. Spins nicely but no fire...
My real question is this...does the MPEM know that it may be flooded and not allow it to start or something like that? It was pretty wet when I pulled the new plugs out from all the stating I tried to do. Or, is there something else that silly computer could be teasing me with???
I have no history with this beast as yesterday was the first time at the lake since purchase.
I hope it's not trying to tell me something. The digital readout does say "12v Low". Not sure what it's referring to. The battery didn't give up with 45 minutes of attempted starts. Maybe the battery is only putting out 10-11 volts but enough amps to spin everything and the MPEM won't let it start with low voltage? Would be weird...
Jim
My real question is this...does the MPEM know that it may be flooded and not allow it to start or something like that? It was pretty wet when I pulled the new plugs out from all the stating I tried to do. Or, is there something else that silly computer could be teasing me with???
I have no history with this beast as yesterday was the first time at the lake since purchase.
I hope it's not trying to tell me something. The digital readout does say "12v Low". Not sure what it's referring to. The battery didn't give up with 45 minutes of attempted starts. Maybe the battery is only putting out 10-11 volts but enough amps to spin everything and the MPEM won't let it start with low voltage? Would be weird...
Jim