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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 01:47 PM
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Hey all,

Ive done a search here and I couldnt find what I'm looking for so hopefully one of you can help.

I ran the a diagnostic search on my 02 fatboy and I get codes #16 and #43... Can one of you possibly tell me what would need to be done to rectify my littel issue here. I woudl greatly appreciate any and all help.

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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 02:44 PM
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Here is the list of codes from our bikes:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...des-dtc-s.html

If I'm reading it correctly, 16 is "missing password" which shouldn't matter - we can program in a password to our bikes to allow us to turn off the alarm if we lose the fob (instructions in your owners manual, if you need them let me know I have a picture of the steps somewhere).

43 is tachometer low. Did you adjust your idle speed with a tuner, or like I did with a manual idle controller? What speed do you have the bike idling at?
 
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Old Nov 3, 2015 | 02:52 PM
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i had a dobek tuner.. now im waiting for a vance & hines fuel pack should be here any minute. the dobek "tuner" does have a few ***** to adjust idle.
 
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Sounds like you adjusted your idle down to where the computer doesn't like it. I have noticed if I adjust mine down to about 600 it'll light up the check engine light until I idle it back up.

Is your check engine light on all the time, or just after startup for a short period of time? If it's on all the time, is it blinking?
 
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it will come on while riding then run rough then i turn bike off while rolling and it fires up fine but the speedo goes dead and the odometer goes blank. Sometimes when i roll to a stop idle will stick a little high then drop to normal. after the rest it runs fine.
 
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Do you have any mods on the bike?

I'd take that dobeck off and see if that fixes things. Sounds like it might be frizting out or perhaps is getting a loose connection to the injector harness.
 
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it has hypercharger pro and samson sidwinders
 
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Took off the Dobeck, waiting for the vance & hines fulepak to be delivered. UPS like to take its sweet time.
 
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Should I try and fire it up without any "tuner" ?
 
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