'03 Road King speedo problem
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'03 Road King speedo problem
When I took the bike out this spring after a really loooong winter just to warm it up to change fluids, the speedometer was reading low, wouldn't go above 40mph. Figure it's the sensor and will check that but i read a post saying to flush the engine with kerosene to get the metal particals out.
I know i have used it before to flush an auto engine but you have to run extra oil throught the engine to relube and get all the Kero out because it dilute.
Any thoughts on this?
I know i have used it before to flush an auto engine but you have to run extra oil throught the engine to relube and get all the Kero out because it dilute.
Any thoughts on this?
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I can't believe the tricks some people use to drain oil out of their engines. I wouldn't use kerosene in mine and haven't heard that one in over 40 years of riding! Take your drain plug out, leave it overnight to drain, refill the following morning, ride and enjoy! It doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.
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You wouldn't even need to ask this question if the old fluids hadn't been in there all winter. If you had changed everything near the end of last season you would have had clean, fresh stuff in there all winter. No acids in the engine oil pitting the bearings and other stuff and no soot, shavings or other stuff having all winter to fall to the bottom of the various cases and glue themselves into the bottom muck. Always better to change at the end of the season than at the beginning of the new one. If the weather is good enough, run it up and down an interstate or highway, then drain everything. Forget about the solvents.
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You wouldn't even need to ask this question if the old fluids hadn't been in there all winter. If you had changed everything near the end of last season you would have had clean, fresh stuff in there all winter. No acids in the engine oil pitting the bearings and other stuff and no soot, shavings or other stuff having all winter to fall to the bottom of the various cases and glue themselves into the bottom muck. Always better to change at the end of the season than at the beginning of the new one. If the weather is good enough, run it up and down an interstate or highway, then drain everything. Forget about the solvents.
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Thanks for the heads up, and yes i'm old enough to remember flushing auto engines that way.
Figured it wasn't good for the tight engines of today.
Again thanks for the reply.
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Figured it wasn't good for the tight engines of today.
Again thanks for the reply.
Truth has no agenda. Truth IS -- period
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i don't think one has anything to do with the other. on my 07, i would sometimes have that 'problem' with the speedo not reading correctly. i found that it was my fault. i wouldn't wait for the speedos internal diagnostics to complete before hitting the start button. give it just a second or two to complete, and no problems.....
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