bcortani
Active Member
Hi all, first, I have an 08 Heritage Softail Classic with basic stage 1 with Dobec Gen3. Normally runs GREAT. Last summer I was in Seaside Or and she got really hot and started running rough and was hard to keep running at an idle. I figured I had some bad gas, parked her and a few hours later, she started up fine and ran great until she got hot and then it was sputtering and on a hard throttle it would sputter and miss, but if I rolled the throttle gently, she would nurse up to speed fine. I spoke to a Harley tech in Portland(??) via phone who agreed it was probably bad gas. that was about when I learned of the fuel line issues my year had (not from the tech). I have not yet pulled it apart to replace so this could be an underlying problem.
Any ho, this year I ran really hot again leaving Anacortes (OysterRun) and she did the same thing, got really rough idling, a few (pre-cumbustion pings??) and at a few points when I would accellerate from a stop, it sounded like one cylinder was shut down, almost like a lawn mower engine sound for a few hundered feet then would jump back to normal. I checked the plugs at hotel and they looked as if she was running lean. I called Dobeck and Matt told me it would be OK to dial up my green one point which I did, I also dialed up my red .5 to cover my hard accelleration. This seemed to pretty much help me out to get home but she still doesnt like to hard accellerate, she just coughs and gurgles...What should I look for? Oh yeah, I am a noob wrencher here so still learning. thanks in advance.:newsmile026:
Any ho, this year I ran really hot again leaving Anacortes (OysterRun) and she did the same thing, got really rough idling, a few (pre-cumbustion pings??) and at a few points when I would accellerate from a stop, it sounded like one cylinder was shut down, almost like a lawn mower engine sound for a few hundered feet then would jump back to normal. I checked the plugs at hotel and they looked as if she was running lean. I called Dobeck and Matt told me it would be OK to dial up my green one point which I did, I also dialed up my red .5 to cover my hard accelleration. This seemed to pretty much help me out to get home but she still doesnt like to hard accellerate, she just coughs and gurgles...What should I look for? Oh yeah, I am a noob wrencher here so still learning. thanks in advance.:newsmile026: