2001 Ultra Classic Fuel Help
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2001 Ultra Classic Fuel Help
OK, so I added a beautiful 2001 Ultra Classic FI to the stable yesterday with a couple known issues. What I need is some insight from what I am experiencing and some suggestions to move forward. The bike has 42K miles and was bought by the PO about 10 months ago from a dealer. The bike had gone through the normal stuff and the PO rode it until he started getting some issues with the bike stalling and decided to sell it. Before he sold he did take to a local Harley dealer who told him that the bike was dropping a P0087 code and then said it needed a new fuel pump. For the life of me I cannot find that code tied to a Harley bike and am careful to take anything said with a grain of salt.
Currently the bike will start run a bit and then die. Will start up again, run and die. Rinse and repeat. Also, it seems to get worse when the bike gets warmer but I have only one observation on this.
Also, tonight I went back out, when I go to start it I hear the fuel pump prime but when I put my ear to the tank is sounds like fuel is splashing around a bit during priming. I have never listened to this before but to me it sounds like there might be a leak of some sort. Easy enough to check, which I will do.
Tanks is about half full right now.
Anyway, before I start going crazy on this I wanted to post something here and get any inputs or ideas of what you guys think I should check.
Thanks in advance.
Currently the bike will start run a bit and then die. Will start up again, run and die. Rinse and repeat. Also, it seems to get worse when the bike gets warmer but I have only one observation on this.
Also, tonight I went back out, when I go to start it I hear the fuel pump prime but when I put my ear to the tank is sounds like fuel is splashing around a bit during priming. I have never listened to this before but to me it sounds like there might be a leak of some sort. Easy enough to check, which I will do.
Tanks is about half full right now.
Anyway, before I start going crazy on this I wanted to post something here and get any inputs or ideas of what you guys think I should check.
Thanks in advance.
Road Warrior
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my 2001 FXSTSI did the exact same thing! Could hear fuel spraying in the tank, replaced all lines and pump and all is well now!! Sounds like OP is having the same problem.
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I bought a pump off of EBay (for my '00 Road Glide,) and it worked perfectly. It turns out that the replacement pump is used across many different brands of vehicles in MM applications. You don't need to spend a lot.
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softails got delphi in 2001, rest in 2002. Many consider 2002 a good year, first year delphi and last year of timken.
It may be hard to find someone who knows MM. I don't know what is causing the problem. But you do have a 20 year old pump and hoses, with 42k. It wouldn't hurt to replace. I realize it costs money to do this.
I am not afraid to replace old parts with miles on them, because now you have new parts. Again this costs money. You need to decide.
It may be hard to find someone who knows MM. I don't know what is causing the problem. But you do have a 20 year old pump and hoses, with 42k. It wouldn't hurt to replace. I realize it costs money to do this.
I am not afraid to replace old parts with miles on them, because now you have new parts. Again this costs money. You need to decide.
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Road Warrior
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From: Wake Forest, NC
Same here. On my 2001 the lines inside the tank leaked. (lines outside the tank leaked too) Replaced them and all good now.