The dreaded FI light

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The dreaded FI light

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Hello you lovely bunch of people… I have a 2006 Kawasaki ZX6R 636 only purchased it around a week ago and been out on it four times with no problems, I took it round the block this evening and the FI liked kept coming on and off.
Now this is a new bike for me, so please don’t laugh…..
At first I thought it was low on fuel :oops: now it didn’t seem to run any different however I’ve not had the bike very long and it doesn’t like crawling along at low speeds but it’s been like this since I’ve had it and the light has only come on now.. now I’ve read that there is a test you can do with a wire but is there anything that I should be looking out for?

Thanks in advance
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Re: The dreaded FI light

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Is it running a standard can?
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is the servo under the set moving the exhaust valve ok?
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Re: The dreaded FI light

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No there’s and aftermarket can on there.
Will check if it still has the exhaust valve
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Re: The dreaded FI light

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Worth figuring out of a diagnostic port and finding what the fi light is pointing towards.

Yes alot of the time it can be seized exhaust valve/servo, or something silly like loose battery terminal/spark plug.

Does it ride OK or does it stutter?

If it does have an aftermarket exhaust and exhaust valve removed, would definitely recommend pulling the servo out also and fit healech servo eliminator to remove any chance of the fi light.
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Re: The dreaded FI light

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Yeah I’ll make a wire up tomorrow and count the lights.
It does hunt a little when cold, the bike is new to me so just assumed it was normal-ish as it had an after market can
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Rides ok under load just splutters a little a low revs/ low speed
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Sounds like butterfly in exhaust sticking
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Re: The dreaded FI light

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My FI came on on the gixxer if left a few weeks standing exhaust servo sticked keep turning the key on and off after u hear the servo stop tur ibg abit of WD40 on the servo it will free up if its that.
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