Big Poppy
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New to the forum and new to the Harley world. Just bought my first Harley a month ago, an 04 Ultra Classic. Love the bike but it's been giving some issues. Seems to run fine and then every once in a while when it comes to idle while stopping, it starts running rough. Yesterday I put some sea foam in and filled up and road 40 miles without hesitation, even stopping at red lights and then stopped at intersection it started acting up. Strong gas smell and running really rough for about a mile then cleared up for the next 16 miles to the house, even stopped at three more intersections without incident.
I work on my own stuff so I replaced stuff that probably needed it because of age anyway. Things like battery, spark plugs, air filter, tank fuel lines and fuel filter, cleaned all connectors and put dielectric grease on them, pulled and cleaned fuses.
the previous owner only put about 500 miles on it over three years. I found this out after talking to the original owner and he told me the mileage when he sold it so I'm guessing it set in the garage a lot. I'm thinking the injectors might be either sticking or gummed up.
Bike has stage 1 and programmed ECM done.
I've got sea foam in tank now, the original owner says run bottle of Techron through it, it's better, in his opinion. My question is, can I mix Techron now or do I need to wait till tank is empty and ready to fill up again?
I don't know if this is normal but running 55-60 at 2200 rpm and start to go up a hill and roll on the throttle, I'm hearing valve rattle. im thinking it's just things aren't running just right. I'm only getting 27 mpg right now too, thinking that should be much higher.
You guys have the knowledge and experience so your thoughts will be very much appreciated.
I work on my own stuff so I replaced stuff that probably needed it because of age anyway. Things like battery, spark plugs, air filter, tank fuel lines and fuel filter, cleaned all connectors and put dielectric grease on them, pulled and cleaned fuses.
the previous owner only put about 500 miles on it over three years. I found this out after talking to the original owner and he told me the mileage when he sold it so I'm guessing it set in the garage a lot. I'm thinking the injectors might be either sticking or gummed up.
Bike has stage 1 and programmed ECM done.
I've got sea foam in tank now, the original owner says run bottle of Techron through it, it's better, in his opinion. My question is, can I mix Techron now or do I need to wait till tank is empty and ready to fill up again?
I don't know if this is normal but running 55-60 at 2200 rpm and start to go up a hill and roll on the throttle, I'm hearing valve rattle. im thinking it's just things aren't running just right. I'm only getting 27 mpg right now too, thinking that should be much higher.
You guys have the knowledge and experience so your thoughts will be very much appreciated.