Pinhole in fuel line???

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Sep 5, 2019 | 10:39 PM

Whiskyjock

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Pinhole in fuel line???

Around 30000 miles on my old 2001 softail the pressurized fuel injection fuel line developed a pinhole from rubbing on the bottom of the fuel tank. The dealer in Duluth Minnesota was a star at getting me back on the road. I'm getting up to the same mileage on my 2013 bagger. Has anyone had this kind of issue with that vintage of bike? It's a pretty stock 103inch twincam.

Sep 5, 2019 | 10:54 PM

dribble

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It’s a pretty common thing

Sep 6, 2019 | 06:09 AM

Bubba Zanetti

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Yep, happened to my 03 Road King. It was a pain in the azz to get the fuel pump assembly out of the tank but after that was over the job went pretty easy.

Sep 6, 2019 | 06:20 AM

wizardfitznq

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Exact same thing on my 01 heritage. Bike would sputter at about half tank. That's the point where the hole was above the fuel line.

Sep 6, 2019 | 09:23 AM

pwp

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Just had that fixed a few weeks ago on my bike too, (about 47,000 miles on the odometer at the time). Took me awhile to figure out what was going on... at first I thought I had gotten bad fuel!!

Sep 6, 2019 | 09:28 AM

NORTY FLATZ

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Yup, happens all the time. (Well, to those that actually ride their bikes, anyway.)

Sep 6, 2019 | 05:59 PM

nibroc

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Sep 9, 2019 | 05:59 AM

Bubba Zanetti

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I'm not so sure it has to do with year model than it does miles ridden. Think about it, the fuel line lays on the tank and rubs back and forth when you hit bumps in the road. If you have a 20 year old with 5000 miles on the clock it's far less likely to have rubbed a hole in the line than a 5 year old bike with 30000 miles. That's my two cents anyway...

Sep 9, 2019 | 10:41 AM

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pwp

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Originally Posted by Bubba Zanetti

It makes sense that it mostly has to do with usage. But I think the OP is also wondering if late-model Harley's have maybe had a design change verses older bikes and, if so, would they (new bike models) be less prone to eventually experiencing this problem? Like maybe there's a different type of fuel-line in new bikes, or maybe they've changed the positioning of the line within the tank or something like that.