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Possible oil pump issue? Video inside.

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Old Mar 21, 2019 | 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by M8sparky
I was riding for a few hours yesterday when i noticed the idle "tempo" on my fxlr spend way up. I had been riding the bike pretty hard and when I came to a stop light the idling went through the roof. I'd rev the engine real quick and the idling would return to normal for a minute before increasing again. Heres a video of what i'm talking about. Does anyone have any ideas?
Take it in to the dealer, this doesn't really sound like an oil pump problem, it could be many things from a leak in the throttle body to a defective twist grip sensor on the handle bar.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by UTFatbob
Sounds like EITMS to me.

It essentially stops one of your Cylinders from firing when the engine is hot & idling.

You can turn EITMS on/off by rolling your throttle forward and holding it for a few seconds.
Yep this is what harley said it was. They disabled it and said it would not affect anything. My question though, is why is the EITMS engaging? I had been riding for almost two hours but it was not a particulary hot day at all. Now i'm wondering if there is another issue.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2019 | 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by M8sparky
Yep this is what harley said it was. They disabled it and said it would not affect anything. My question though, is why is the EITMS engaging? I had been riding for almost two hours but it was not a particulary hot day at all. Now i'm wondering if there is another issue.
You may have accidentally enabled/disabled the EITMS ,restarting the bike or in traffic backing off. It's been done before.

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Old Mar 27, 2019 | 12:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Agoober
You may have accidentally enabled/disabled the EITMS ,restarting the bike or in traffic backing off. It's been done before.

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Yeah thats plausible. I had no idea the bike even had EITPMS
 
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RTFM .. Page 76 of your owners manual.
 
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