Hi,took my Road Star out for a ride today and everything was going great until I headed home and about 2 miles from the house the bike just cut off like it was out of gas but I had filled up about an hour before heading so I am curious if I picked up a little bit of trash in the gas,it started right back up and I got home just fine and then it cut off again as I was putting it back in my shop and I also thought it might be the fuel regulator maybe going bad but any help from you guys will be appreciated,thanks,Gary.
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Well while trying to trouble shoot and narrow the problem, add some fuel system/injector cleaner to your gas.. Seafoam is good.. it might help get you out of the woods this time.Comment
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You could’ve gotten a bad batch of gas that had water in it, especially if you got it at a station you don’t usually go to. I’ve had that happen in small towns.
If it’s water in the fuel and you have a clear fuel filter, you should be able to see the water in the bottom corner of the filter.
There are a few products that will “dry” out water from a tank, but I would just get rid of it, or ride it empty until you can refill at a reputable station.
By the way, if you put your petcock on reserve and attach some fuel line to drain it into a container, you should be getting able to get most of the water out of the bottom of the tank right away.Comment
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Hi,thanks for the answers about this and all of your input and I have thought about all these possibilities and this bike has never given me any issues except for a faulty Headlight bulb a while back but since it started cutting off after filling up at a station that I have not been to for a while I will start there first by draining the gas and checking all the filters,thanks.Comment
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Hi,thanks for the answers about this and all of your input and I have thought about all these possibilities and this bike has never given me any issues except for a faulty Headlight bulb a while back but since it started cutting off after filling up at a station that I have not been to for a while I will start there first by draining the gas and checking all the filters,thanks.Comment
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Yes, and if that makes a difference then make sure the two rollover valves are free and clear as well as the vent at the lower right front of the fuel tank.Comment
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On my carb bikes I always got rid of rollover valves. Would it be okay to blow these out with compressed air or is that too aggressive on the fuel injected bikes?LET'S RIDEComment
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I might have forgotten to mention that my Road Star is a fuel injected model if this makes a difference to any answers to my original question but I have taken the tank off and drained the gas out and am going to pull the fuel pump to see what it looks like but I do think I got some bad gas since it only started acting up after I put gas in it on Monday,thanks again,Gary.Comment
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I guess we're all assuming that you did not get water in the kill switch you're not riding in the rain your battery cables are tight and all the ignition fuses are good let me check the starter solenoid to make sure it's not melted. When you say it cut out it just cut out completely no sputtering if so I'm with Dave on possible fuel pump fuel injected bikes are completely reliant on the fuel pump. Bad gas will make it run like s*** but it would still run. How is the inside of your fuel tank what state do you live in. Fuel tanks can get rusty nasty full of crud and obstruct fuel flow. And many of the dry States you don't have to worry about rust and side stand has kill switchComment
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Hi,I'm back again and sorry not to get back for a few days but I started up my road star yesterday and all seems good about new gas but now it is leaking around the fuel pump and I will say that I took the pump to check the gasket, it looked good so I put everything back together because the gasket looked good but maybe I needed to get a new one or is there a way to seal it with something but I know not to use RTV but thought maybe you guys know of something???,thanks.Comment
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Back again, I thought for sure that I had my bike shutting off problem solved because after I drained what I thought was watery gas and for the last few days even though I haven't taken it for a ride I have been letting it run for a while to see what happens and until tonight no trouble and then it did it again,so any suggestions are appreciated,fuel injection roadstar.Comment
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