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Bike cuts off in the rain.

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by Fer93, Oct 14, 2019.

  1. Fer93

    Fer93 New Member

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    Any idea of what is this for??? I know it is a relay, but what it is for? When I plug it on, it kills the energy in all the bike
     

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    That is the self cancelling unit which is used to automatically shut the flashers off after a preset time / distance occurs. The stock flashers will work without it, but you will no longer have the self cancelling feature. It is powered by the signal fuse so hard to imagine what "kills the energy in all the bike" would mean. If it was defective as in shorted internally it should just pop the signal fuse.
     
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    does not let his blinkers work?

    you do not need it put it on the shelf
     
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    This happens only when it raining, the bike works good for a while, and then turns off
     
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    Might want to start your own thread, and details are important. Like this one. Include if it’s just the engine or everything that turns off?
     
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    I don't know how to start my own thread, and when it comes yo the bike, it turns off everything. This happens as soon as I go forward, but if it stay in neutral it works fine
     
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    I read in one of your other posts that you started having issues after visiting the car wash. Did you pressure wash the bike? While there are some areas you can do this, it's not a good idea as you can force water into bearings, past seals, into electrical connections etc. As ignition coils age it is not uncommon for them to crack which allows water into coils which causes a misfire or shutdown. My 650 coils for example will shutdown if I ride in a rainstorm.

    The shutdown when out of neutral might be related to washing as well, if you forced water into the sidestand switch etc. it may shutdown when shifted into gear.

    Get the bike good and dry and let us know what you find.
     
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    If it only happens when it rains, you might want to invest in one of these.
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    if when you put it in gear it stalls it is your sidestand switch find the sidestand relay marked with blue and remove it see if that solves your problem
     
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    I'll do that know. The regulator suffered damage too, so I'm going to use a replacement, but I don't know where to connect the yellow and brow wire...
     

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