2014 Street Glide noise
#1
11-04-2018, 08:13 PM
2014 Street Glide noise
In the middle of my ride today, bike started making a weird noise and started running like crap. Started out the ride perfectly and actually thought in my head how good the bike was running. Started ride with 1/4 tank of gas and filled up right away with high octane. Noise came in about 50 miles later. Engine fluttering and backfiring (bike never backfires otherwise.). I am going to post a video of what is happening and would like to hear what you guys think.
Fuel injection sounds normal. Bike not backfiring in the video but I gave it time to cool down when I got home. Sound is deafening. Sounds like most of the noise is coming out of one of the cylinders (right exhaust). I have ideas but want opinions.
Fuel injection sounds normal. Bike not backfiring in the video but I gave it time to cool down when I got home. Sound is deafening. Sounds like most of the noise is coming out of one of the cylinders (right exhaust). I have ideas but want opinions.
Last edited by Kyle Cannon; 11-04-2018 at 08:25 PM.
#3
11-04-2018, 11:23 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
#4
11-05-2018, 06:25 AM
#6
11-05-2018, 09:26 PM
It is fluttering really bad. Hard to capture in video. I siphoned out the gas today and replaced with new and seafoam. Ran it a little while and issue didnt go away but I told myself it got better.
Performance wise it is not the same either. Its like I dont have the HP. It almost feels like I dropped a cylinder. I am going to replace plugs and plug wires as well. I will look for exhaust leak too at headpipe connection. Havent made any changes. RCXhaust headers with Vance and Hines slip ons.
It is idling lower than normal too. When I stop, it almost wants to cut off sometimes.
Performance wise it is not the same either. Its like I dont have the HP. It almost feels like I dropped a cylinder. I am going to replace plugs and plug wires as well. I will look for exhaust leak too at headpipe connection. Havent made any changes. RCXhaust headers with Vance and Hines slip ons.
It is idling lower than normal too. When I stop, it almost wants to cut off sometimes.
#7
11-06-2018, 09:20 AM
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#9
11-06-2018, 10:35 AM
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#10
11-06-2018, 01:21 PM
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Take a listen more closely and see if you can tell for sure where the noise is coming from. Intake and exhaust leaks are easy to hear. But put your ear closer to the cam chest or where the push rod tubes are. If the noise is in there, my bet would be on a collapsed lifter....front cylinder since you said right exhaust.
