• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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2010 TE 310 Temp Sensor

joezell

joezell

Husqvarna
I replaced my temperature sensor and the bike still dies on me when it gets hot, what I have noticed is that when I go to turn the key on the fuel pump does not come on. Sometimes it's fifteen minutes others it's forty-five minutes until it starts again, tired of pushing it out of the woods. Any advice or experience would be welcome.
 
Your fuel pump may be varnished up on the inside, causing it to swell shut when hot and expanded. Listen to your fuel pump when cold, get to know exactly what it sounds like, dont wear ear plugs, put your head down close to the tank. Then, ride it until it gets warm and stop, turn the key off and turn the key back on, listen to the pump as the bike gets hotter and hotter, try and see if you can hear it getting slower and slower, weak and labored. If it does, just get a new pump.
 
My 2011 TE310 would run fine for 10-15mins then stop, and not start again for another 10-15mins, I assumed when it had cooled down. Turns out it was the fuel pump. To check the pump I lifted the rear of the tank, discounted the fuel line and power. Attached a bit of fuel line from the outlet back into the top of the tank. Then connected the battery charger to fuel pump power pins (small alligator clips did the trick. Make sure you get the polarity the correct way around.) This had the effect of running the fuel pump continuously circulating the fuel back to the tank. After the 10-15mins, the pump slowed and the flow dropped off.
A test I did not do, but should have was, connect a pressure gauge to the end of the temporary fuel line. I pulled the dial part off an old tire pressure gauge. Run the fuel pump, the pressure should get up to the correct value (I don't know what this is.) Then do the re-circulating flow test, and when it slows down, re-do the pressure test. I am thinking the pressure will now be a LOT lower. This is because getting up to the correct pressure is more important than good flow.
I pulled the pump out and took it apart. It looked perfect to me. So brought a new pump from highflow pumps. Fitted it. The new pump had less flow than the faulty pump, so did the pressure test for the first time and got 45 psi.
The bike now runs perfect until I turn it off, or fall off ;-)
 
When I had what turned out to be a battery issue I bought a fuel pressure guage from Harbor Freight for $18 and hooked it up - measured a tick over 50psi. To check if the pump or lines were leaking I watched the pressure after shutting the pump off - pressure held for a long, long time.
 
MikeB said:
When I had what turned out to be a battery issue I bought a fuel pressure guage from Harbor Freight for $18 and hooked it up - measured a tick over 50psi. To check if the pump or lines were leaking I watched the pressure after shutting the pump off - pressure held for a long, long time.
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You got 50psi coming right out of the pump, correct? I did as well, and I measured after the pressure regulator, got 43psi.
 
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