Hoople
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Can't be of much help unless we get some feedback from earlier suggestions. What was the recorded output but better still was it replaced?
2002 FLHRI Has my mechanic stumped!
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Can't be of much help unless we get some feedback from earlier suggestions. What was the recorded output but better still was it replaced?
perzaklie
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Found this:
http://www.hdtimeline.com/electrical/30171-crank_position_sensor_location.html
Now how do I test it?
perzaklie
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Hoople
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What's to test? You would have to be on top of it with a meter at the time of failure. With an intermittent problem like you have, testing it is almost useless information. Those pickup are very temperature sensitive.
Basically the CKP is a sensor coil (aka "Hall effect" pickup coil) that when a spinning magnetic moves nearby, the coil generates a small electrical pulse which tells the ECM when to trigger and adjusts the duty cycle of the pulse shape to the ignition coil which fires 20,000V spark to your plug(s).
Because it is wound with very fine wire and located in a very "inhospitable" place it is common for them to breakdown due to thermal expansion and vibration...hmm heat and vibration on a Harley...?
Because it is wound with very fine wire and located in a very "inhospitable" place it is common for them to breakdown due to thermal expansion and vibration...hmm heat and vibration on a Harley...?
perzaklie
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Looks like part of the problem may have been, would you believe, bad gas? The last thing the mechanic did was to pull the tank and clean it out. I've had it home almost a week and it hasn't acted up since. Thinking back, several weeks ago, I was empty and filled up at a Sam's club. Shortly thereafter is when the problems started. I am now adding an Ethanol treatment every fill-up as added insurance, won't help water in the gas though. Unfortunately for folks in my part of the country, ethanol free gasoline is very difficult to find. I spoke with my mechanics a couple of days ago, and they brought up another possible problem we HD riders may face using premium grade gasoline. That is, very few automobiles are using premium now days. Therefore, the premium sitting out in the storage tanks might not be very fresh and stored fuel draws moisture and I don't know what else happens to aging fuel. So what to do? I asked them. All three have switched to regular gas and are adding StarTron fuel treatment. Has anyone used this product? I wonder about it. In any event, as soon as I can afford it, I will change out the CKP since it's 10 years and 69K miles old.
Again, thanks to everyone for your input. I really appreciate all the help!
Again, thanks to everyone for your input. I really appreciate all the help!
J
Jack Klarich
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Good Stuff, you can use Marvel Mystery oil too, it is a good top end lube and your pump will like it:s
perzaklie
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Plenty of opinions, heh, raised more questions than answers. I put StaBil Ethanol treatment in my pressure washer, generator, all my small engines here on the farm, except the two strokes which I run dry after every use, so I will probably put a splash or two in every fill up on the RK.