Beeper driving us nuts, 98 gsx limited

[Texwing]

Help! The warning beeper is killing us, display is reading lo fuel even though it's full of oil and fuel, temp good, display not telling anything. pO said it would do this sometime, anyway to kill or disconnect the horn? I can't even find where it's coming from. Thanks!

 

[Matt Braley]

Pull the bucket out of the front and there is a connecter to unplug. It's about centered and you may have to cut a zip tie to get the right one isolated. It's a 2-wire, one wire is purple and the other is tan.

 

[manolocross]

Yep
Just unplug it!
Easy peasy....

 

[Triorieel]

That is backwards to my experience. My seadoos came with fuel sensor shorted using a tap splice forcing it to read a full tank. I didn't like not knowing, so I repaired the sending unit and removed the short so my seadoos could show the proper fuel amount. I did the repair when I had the gas tank pulled for replacing the original grey fuel lines. The repair itself took 20-30 minutes.

But yes, the LOOONG beep that felt like every 1-3 minutes was annoying. Wait till you have your head in the front compartment when it goes off.


Edit: Just realized you guys are talking about disconnecting the beeper rather then fooling the computer into thinking you have a full tank of gas. I don't like that way, that beeper does have a purpose and I want to hear it go when a real problem arises (other then lo fuel...thats what the fuel reserve option is for).

 

[Texwing]

Ok great info.We were laughing that we no longer had to see the kids, we could hear them on it!.
Not sure why gas gauge worked last time out, and not now. Are the two wires coming from the tank that can be shorted obvious, or are they mixed in with other wires?

 

[mikidymac]

Keep in mind the beeper is also your overheating alarm and key recognition signal. If it was mine I would just fix the fuel sending unit and keep the beeper.

 

[Triorieel]

The 2 wires that come out of the fuel sending unit on the gas tank. You don't want to harm the wires as the repair is easy (it's just a blown fuse inside). People have used a tap splice ( like https://images.lowes.ca/img/p400/13374/0783250683284_ca.jpg ). DIY'rs make both sides of the splice through hole so no wire has to be cut. I highly recommend this so you can repair it at a later date.

If you are thinking of repairing it, it is easy if you know how to solder a 1/4" piece of copper wire and then I add a fuse in the wire on the outside of the sending unit. The hardest part to the job, is physically removing the fuel sending unit.

 

[manolocross]

Keep in mind the beeper is also your overheating alarm and key recognition signal. If it was mine I would just fix the fuel sending unit and keep the beeper.

You are absolutely correct and I agree with you 100 percent....
When I said "disconnect" I was just saying for the day or time being until proper repair is made...no need to lose a day of riding.