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Hi All,

This has happened again (yesterday) but no amount of battery connection / disconnection would get the thing to start again as it had before.

Noticed that with the ignition switch on when the earth lead was re conected to the battey "6_09 017" showed briefly on the speedo display. Also the engine management light is flashing 4 slow then 6 fast.

Trip home on the back of a recovery wagon...

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Adrian.

Error 46 is lack of juice in the battery.

Either the battery is knackered or it's not getting charged by the bike.

Thanks!

A few have suggested battery problems I'll start there.

Only thing is, when this has happened before, after leaving it for a while with the battery disconected it has started fine once the engine management light has finally stopped flashing, like something has reset itself.

If the battery was flat causing the problem would'nt it stay flat and not start again (if you see what I mean).

Any road I'll try charging / jumping and see what happens.

Many thanks for your help.

Adrian.

Hi Ade, I have a similar problem:

I have installed a tracker in my T� and left in the motorcycle for more than 1 week, after that the battery was drained, so I take out and went to Yamaha for a complete recharge.

After that, I was unable to ride for 1 week more, and then, had a small ride of 50km to charge a little bit.

But, the engine light is always on. I went to Yamaha again, and used the Diagnostic tool, but we didn't found any fault code.
We tried to change de battery, but still, the same error.

I came back home, and discover that, when I put the high been front light, the engine fault light go off, but when I put low been light, the light pops out again....

Hi both,

Jump started the bike yesterday, started and ran ok with the jump battery connected, engine management light went out.

Not that I am very good with a volt meter but it looks as if the battery is totally flat and not taking any charge (I think the meter was reading around 10v when running at 3000rpm, should be around 14v or above?).

Hoping that the bike is trying to charge but the battery is that shot it cant receive it? Bike is 2008 so battery quite old.

Will buy a new battery and see what the meter says then!

Many thanks for your help.

Adrian

The only diference is my battery is charging, after the first loss of charge, it's charging normally. I think in your case is better you buy a new one to replace this old one.

Hi!

I went for ride on cold day (-1*C) with new rear +1 rear sprocket. I did some warm up and then pushed my bike up to 80mph (120kmph). After 20 mins of ride yellow engine check light came on. I stopped and checked my bike. I noticed that oil level was just on low mark so slowly went back home and topped up.

I got yellow light coming up on my XT660Z 2009 model. It flashes 4 long + 2 short.

I can read from service manual that error code 42 is;

"Speed sensor, neutral switch"

and it gives "YES" in both startability and driveability.

I would like to ask what shall I do in this case? Shall I ride my Tenere to the Yamaha or tow it? It is just a matter of deleting that error or shall I fix something? If bike can start and drive it means there is nothing wrong, well nothing wrong with important bits.

Not sure what to do, can anybody help please?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryteu (Post 206013)

Firstly: Does the speedo/odometer still work? Does the neutral light work as it should? If one or other doesn't work, then you've found the issue. The neutral switch being the most likely to give trouble, but if you're loosing oil the speed sensor on the top of the gearbox could have come loose or detached??

You will need to test both components and the associated wiring if nothing is obvious doing the above. This is quite easy to do with a multimeter. It isn't entirely necessary to hook up to a diagnostic tool. The fault code and fail-safe will be reset automatically as soon as the problem is fixed and the bike is ridden at over 30 km/h.

Fault code 42 has the fail-safe action of fixing the gear input to the ECU as fifth. It will not have any ill effects on running (that you will notice anyway) and you will be fine to ride it to a dealer.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pleiades (Post 206015)

Firstly: Does the speedo/odometer still work? Does the neutral light work as it should? If one or other doesn't work, then you've found the issue.

I have not found the issue. All works as usual.

Oil was low, I assume, due to "the service time" which is a bit late due to bad weather and bike is still use to commute to work etc. I am about 300miles (500kms) past my service schedule so I did expected oil to be low. I just got my chain and sprocket changed in the rain and I had no will to stay out there for longer so oil needs to wait a bit. It was very first ride at higher speed after chain/sprocket upgrade.

Anyway, thanks for quick reply. I will have a look at those sensors and try do chop them out. Glad to know that I do not need to use any computers to fix it and old fashion combination of hammer and screwdriver will do. :D

Thanks.

Problem is gone.

I done nothing, apart of topping up the oil.
It had to be cold weather and/or very dirty bike. Once temp. went up and all mud felt off bike all is back to good, yellow engine check light is off.

Just to let you know guys, it is Tenere. Use it, just use it. :smilies1349: