2005 Harley Davidson FXSTS - FXSTSI Springer Softail "runs bad half tank" Questions

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runs just fine. Fuel gauge is inaccurate and show empty when full, but that is simply a bad sending unit. Should not effect how the bike runs. Sounds like a pinhole in the pick up tube inside the tank

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half full does this too. When put gas in it stared up check your gas filter, sometimes when there is dirt from bad gas the filter will plug up after running for a while then will clear itself slightly

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injection lights blinking and bike is running bad when I throttle it sounds like not enough fuel try putting in octane 98 for one tank .put it in from about half full .follow up with one more to full

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...half way down the street, stall out, wait a few minutes it will start again. Then stall again. Could it be bad gas, or something with the spark plugs? Thank you for your help. If condensation in the ...

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...half full cant make it to dealer starts right up has 3000miles on it feels like running out fuel just dies out wait a minute start back up ride a couple blocks stalls out Could be a fuel line ...

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half tank. gas is now 1/2 tank and 5 weeks old. bike is housed indoors and is fuel injected I suspect a clogged fuel filter, but also check air filter. Take a flash light and look for crud in the tank

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...half a tank of gas. Its when I filled it up it started doing it again. Now I'm not saying that could be whats going on here but my tank was full when it started cutting out before. I dont ...

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...bad gas and ended up having to remove and clean my fuel tank and carburetors. I removed the fuel sending unit from the tank in order to allow better access to the interior of the tank to make sure ...

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half full, and the bike is running, should allow the filter to fill up normally. If the the one way valve/vent on top of the tank is bad replace it with a new one(about $25). Another possibility would

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