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[Yellow09SERG]

Rode into work this morning and as I pulled into the parking lot bike started running like crap. Rolled her into her parking place like I do every morning, except I was mumbling to myself about old girl acting up. Came out this afternoon and she would bust right off, run 2 second and die... Bummed a ride home and grabbed truck and trailer. Endured the ration of sh!# from the guys at work about pushing a Harley in a trailer and brought her home. Long story short pulled the fuel cap and turned bike and was greeted with a circulation of fuel in the tank. Pulled it apart and found the tang on the fuel filter housing broke causing an internal fuel leak in the tank and no fuel pressure. Hopefully I can get by a stealer tomorrow and pick up a new assy.  Its on a 09 Roadie so the last 10 years of these gas blends have probably taken a toll on the plastic

[Yellow09SERG]

Broken tab

[Twolanerider]

Could be mistaken but thought I remembered a service bulletin covering failure issues and replacement of that tank insert.

[KGB]

Common problem, I would check the fuel lines very close, they like to rub on the inside of the tank an wear small holes in it.


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[Yellow09SERG]

There may have been a service bulletin Don. No more often than the bike goes to a shop, it probably got missed. Maybe work will treat me well today and I can run get parts and get back to running.

While its apart I will probably replace the fuel lines also

[FlaHeatWave]

How many miles??
Thinking of doing mine as a preventative measure

[Yellow09SERG]

Ed, I am at 75,000. Also not sure it is mileage related as much as age soaked in gas. Plastic is pretty briddle. Guess if you soak plastic in gas for 10 years is would get that way?     I would strongly recommend changing your in your 09

[grc]

Ed, I am at 75,000. Also not sure it is mileage related as much as age soaked in gas. Plastic is pretty briddle. Guess if you soak plastic in gas for 10 years is would get that way?     I would strongly recommend changing your in your 09

Not if they had used the good stuff.  The auto industry uses a lot of plastic in their fuel systems, from pump components to filters to pressure regulators to the fuel lines themselves.  I've never had one fail, and I've owned a couple vehicles for well over ten years.  Just recently got rid of a 2004 that has seen nothing but a steady diet of the oxygenated fuel required in the Chicago area, and over fourteen years had zero fuel system issues.

Harley had a recall on this, as Twolane noted previously.  It's not a fuel problem, it's a part problem.

Jerry

[Yellow09SERG]

Wonder if I carried the broken part in that it would be covered under the recall? Surely a company with the reputation of Harley would just exchange with me.... Never mind I was living in that imaginary world again..

[Twolanerider]

Wonder if I carried the broken part in that it would be covered under the recall? Surely a company with the reputation of Harley would just exchange with me.... Never mind I was living in that imaginary world again..

Been watching a lot of Twilight Zone reruns?

[TN]

I use to get recalled parts from a service manager then return the takeoff with no problems. That was back when I was throwing thousand dollar bills at them. 

I still have one part I need to return, when I change it out. 


Times have changed


TN

[Yellow09SERG]

Been watching a lot of Twilight Zone reruns?

And drinking way to much....

[Yellow09SERG]

I use to get recalled parts from a service manager then return the takeoff with no problems. That was back when I was throwing thousand dollar bills at them. 

I still have one part I need to return, when I change it out. 


Times have changed


TN

Yes sir they have

[Dan_Lockwood]

Seems to me that when I bought my '08 SERK that they had a recall on the fuel pump suction lines.

But my little grey cells have been a bit on the slow side lately.

[Yellow09SERG]

Well just for sh*?s and giggles I carried the housing in with me and asked for a warranty replacement from a recall. They looked at me like I had been drinking way to much and watching Twilight Zone reruns. So $52 later I walked out with a new housing and filter. Put old girl back together and she started right up. Problem solved at least for today. Now back to drinking and Twilight Zone reruns