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Preston Caveness Posted on Apr 26, 2012

2007 FLHX gets to half of a tank and acts like its running out.

Not petcock on the 2007 to be faulty. Can't figure out why it acts like it is out of gas at approximately half of a tank. Fuel it back up and it 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.

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Sounds like a pinhole in the pick up tube inside the tank.

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SOURCE: 06 FLHX I Street Glide Fuel Gauge issue.\r\nI

Contact me directly and I'll send you some information on the principle of operation and troubleshooting the gauge. It's out of an older manual but the principle is the same and I think the readings are the same. The float is on the sending unit and usually if the float goes bad, it sinks and the gauge should read empty all the time. But, since the original did the same thing, it shouldn't be that the arm got bent either. [email protected] Make sure you remind me of what you need.

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