
Posted: 5/31/2001 4:59:33 PM EDT
Got my Fatboy last night. Today I took it out after work to get some gas in it. There is a gas station up the street and I drove it up there fine and filled up. I put 3.6 gallons in it and used 91 Octane. Didn't use any mix fuel just straight unleaded. As soon as I fired her back up and started to take off it died. Started it back up and put it in first and started to pull away and it would pop and hesitate badly. Once I get going everything is fine but starting from a dead stop and pulling out in first it pops and jumps and tries to die on me. It wasn't doing this before I got gas. I have checked the petcock valve and have the gas on. I checked the spark plug wires and all are tight. There is only 4000 miles on this bad boy. I also loosened the gas caps thinking I filled it too full and wasn't getting any air in the tank to let the gas flow. Anyone have any suggestions or know of a good harley board for this sort of stuff. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
dyokley@kc.rr.com
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Did you check the enricher knob? (or choke as it was formerly called?)
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How fresh are the plugs? Evo's don't like the enrichener left on too long and it shows up in fouled plugs first. One of the best things about Harleys is you check the easy stuff first. You gotta pay worship to Ralph. On your knees. Daily. Or she'll Ralph on the Road.
Arock Harley's since '62.
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I think they all do that! [:D][:D][:D]
Really, if it was running good before you filled it up, you got some bad gas. Before I got too crazy I would drain the tank and try and run some different gas in it. You didn't say if it is fuel injected or not. If carburated, you might try and drain the float bowl. If you did get any water it will be settling out there as well as the bottom of the tank. If draining the tank is too much trouble, get yourself some fuel dryer. You won't have to use a lot because of the small size of the fuel tank. Definitely think you got some bad gas though. My .02 cents.GP
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Choke is all the way in. I let it warm up for a while with it out and then pushed it in. Ran fine. Ran fine up to the gas station but as soon as I was leaving it started to act up. It is carburated.
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As soon as it cools I am going to pull the plugs.
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Originally Posted By Klutch:
As soon as it cools I am going to pull the plugs. View Quote |
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Siphoned it out and got some more. Seems to be doing better now. The plugs were also black and I cleaned those up. Going to pick up a new air filter tomorrow also as it needs one pretty bad. Thanks for all the help guys. Does anyone know of a good Harley boards for shit like this?
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Congrats on the new scooter!
Shouldda bought a Road Star, and you wouldn't be having these issues the very first day.
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