Water & Power Commander.....NOT GOOD!
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Road Warrior
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Water & Power Commander.....NOT GOOD!
Hey Guys....Installed my Power Commander last week....VERY happy with the results except for 1 thing.....Washed the bike yesterday and then out for a cruise....the bike ran like CRAP!...HIGH IDLE.....POPPING ON DECEL.....Got her home and did some checking and I found water in one of the Power Commander elec. connectors.....after drying it out, everything was back to normal....just never recall hearing of this problem in the past??? Before you guys jump on me...I used the low pressure garden hose....and blow dried the bike with the leaf blower.....and NO...I didn't have the side cover off when washing.....all my elec. connections are coated with die electric goop.....Anybody else have this problem??????
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I haven't had it to me but the PCV is under the seat on the '09. Since my seat is leather I pull it when I wash the bike and cover all the electronics with plastic. On the last big ride I went on one of my buddyies had the same thing happened to his duece. It wasn't a PC but same exact symptoms and water was the cause.
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A couple words of wisdom here, "Die Electric Grease" you can get it at almost any parts store.
Been there done that. Had to unplug all of it and use it, and have not had a problem in 3 years.
EDIT - There was a LOT of Die Electric Grease used on mine and everything is good with it.
Been there done that. Had to unplug all of it and use it, and have not had a problem in 3 years.
EDIT - There was a LOT of Die Electric Grease used on mine and everything is good with it.
Last edited by HD Renegade; Apr 17, 2009 at 10:30 AM.
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you need to put the dielectric grease around the cap plugs at the seal when they come to gether not on the fricken pins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and then you should wrap some high quality electrical tape (scotch 33)around the out side of the plugs where they butt up.if you had problems just washing the bike,wait til you get caught in a heavy rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!and your 550 miles from home.
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Road Warrior
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comaman2....I realize I may have a problem down the road when it rains...thats why I wrote this thread...to get opinions on how to avoid potential problems....thanks for your imput.
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