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Still waiting for all the answers but so far, here is what I know. Before I took it into the dealership, I had disconnected the battery over night. Good and bad here. On the good side, it actually rode better with a lot less popping and backfiring. Still had a bit of rough idle at the very start up when I let it run for about 20-30 minutes after I reconnected the battery. The bad of course was I erased any fault codes the dealer may have been looking for. As I mentioned, it ran very well up to the dealer and I told the service manager I fixed my bike. (in jest of course). What they did find was a bad oil pressure sensor. It was throwing bad faults all over the place I guess. After many checks and many things, so far that is the only thing that keeps coming up repeatedly. They ordered the part which I am hoping is here some time early this next week. They are going to drive it each day and see if they can get the check engine light to come on or notice it starting a rough idle again or stalling. They said so far it has not stalled out on them but is a little "cold" when they first start it, but within normal limits. I don't know if my battery disconnect actually did anything or not, but I am glad they discovered the oil pressure sensor problem before the long trip. I am not sure what that does but I think it would be bad if it were to go out completely on me. When I get another update or know more, I will post at that time. I will try to have Brian present when the service manager talks to me so that I can defer to his ability to understand and interpret correctly for the forum.
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Interesting... a failing oil pressure sensor could, I guess, send out signals to shut the bike down to save the engine. If those were fast "on/off" false signals, I guess it could do what you described.
I am assuming that a low oil pressure signal would shut the bike down. I'm not sure that's the case but it would certainly make sense.
Or... it could have just been sending jumbled signals (like the Gear Position Sensor) that confused the roadster's processors.
Good luck... I hope it's as simple as that!
Deb - If you can, find out whether the replacement sensor has the same part number as the original... or have they issued a redesigned replacement (like the GPS).
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Interesting... a failing oil pressure sensor could, I guess, send out signals to shut the bike down to save the engine. If those were fast "on/off" false signals, I guess it could do what you described.
I am assuming that a low oil pressure signal would shut the bike down. I'm not sure that's the case but it would certainly make sense.
Or... it could have just been sending jumbled signals (like the Gear Position Sensor) that confused the roadster's processors.
Good luck... I hope it's as simple as that!
Deb - If you can, find out whether the replacement sensor has the same part number as the original... or have they issued a redesigned replacement (like the GPS).
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Yes it would be bad - my oil sensor died on me while in Florida this winter. The outcome is that the Spyder first goes into limp mode a couple of times and actually recovers on its own...but the it dies, just dies - nothing else you can do - it's dead ! So you are correct in getting this addressed before you leave.</p>
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