Idle Issue
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Idle Issue
Good afternoon,
I'm hoping to get peoples' thoughts on something. I have an '06 Dyna Wide Glide, fuel injected. I took it out a little while ago and fired her up like normal, and after idling for maybe a minute to 90 seconds it sort of sputtered and I heard a clicking sound, then it sputtered again and then just died. I fired it up again and this time it started doing that sputtering thing where it felt like it was going to die, and I believed it made the click sound again, however this time it didn't die.I gave it some gas and then I figured I would go ahead and just take her out for a ride at least around the neighborhood and and see how it did. It ran fine, so I ended up going around town and then opened it up on the freeway. I stopped in a parking lot and just let it idle and tried to listen and watch, and it idled like a champ, no issues. Rode several more miles toward the house, stopped again in another parking lot, let her idle, and no issues again. So it seems to be a thing when it's cold idling and trying to heat up. I'm not sure how long this has been going on since I usually only fire it up and let it idle for 20-30 seconds while I shut my garage and then I pretty much go. This time I let it idle and warm up thoroughly because I wasn't in any hurry, and this happened.
As a side note, I have noticed even when I have been riding for a while and the bike is at operating temperature that sometime's I'll hit the throttle a bit while in neutral or when I'm holding the clutch in at a light and I'll hear that click and the engine like stops turning over for a second, but then I let pressure off the throttle and it levels out and it's fine. This is rare, but it happens once in a while.
My theory is something with the idle air control or the valve, but I'm not quite mechanically savvy enough to really know. What do you all think? I appreciate the insight.
I'm hoping to get peoples' thoughts on something. I have an '06 Dyna Wide Glide, fuel injected. I took it out a little while ago and fired her up like normal, and after idling for maybe a minute to 90 seconds it sort of sputtered and I heard a clicking sound, then it sputtered again and then just died. I fired it up again and this time it started doing that sputtering thing where it felt like it was going to die, and I believed it made the click sound again, however this time it didn't die.I gave it some gas and then I figured I would go ahead and just take her out for a ride at least around the neighborhood and and see how it did. It ran fine, so I ended up going around town and then opened it up on the freeway. I stopped in a parking lot and just let it idle and tried to listen and watch, and it idled like a champ, no issues. Rode several more miles toward the house, stopped again in another parking lot, let her idle, and no issues again. So it seems to be a thing when it's cold idling and trying to heat up. I'm not sure how long this has been going on since I usually only fire it up and let it idle for 20-30 seconds while I shut my garage and then I pretty much go. This time I let it idle and warm up thoroughly because I wasn't in any hurry, and this happened.
As a side note, I have noticed even when I have been riding for a while and the bike is at operating temperature that sometime's I'll hit the throttle a bit while in neutral or when I'm holding the clutch in at a light and I'll hear that click and the engine like stops turning over for a second, but then I let pressure off the throttle and it levels out and it's fine. This is rare, but it happens once in a while.
My theory is something with the idle air control or the valve, but I'm not quite mechanically savvy enough to really know. What do you all think? I appreciate the insight.
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Using MAP sensor cleaner, spray the IAC orifice in the throttle bore, wouldn't hurt to wipe out the bore beyond the throttle plate. If you have never done this it's fairly easy any the oil vapors over 14 years of operation have probably gunked up the IAC metering valve, It's located at the top of the throttle bore. Give this a shot. Oil vapors are forced up through the heads into the intake and burned in the combustion process, thankyou EPA.
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