My '11 C14 has 36k miles and runs great, never a hiccup. I'll be going around the country this summer, put on around 5,000 miles total. Should I replace my fuel filter now?
And if I do...once the filter is out, it looks like thirsty work to tear apart the fuel pump and replace the filter. Those $70 High Flow fuel pumps look tempting. Are they reliable? Anyone installed one of them?
My '11 C14 has 36k miles and runs great, never a hiccup. I'll be going around the country this summer, put on around 5,000 miles total. Should I replace my fuel filter now?
And if I do...once the filter is out, it looks like thirsty work to tear apart the fuel pump and replace the filter. Those $70 High Flow fuel pumps look tempting. Are they reliable? Anyone installed one of them?
and use as much of the fuel that has been treated as possible before changing the oil because that stuff turns the motor oil into what looks like black water.
Do I need to replace the bolts or can I just apply some loctite and reuse them?
So in a nutshell, if I don’t have time to change out the filter until fall ( and the bike now runs flawlessly), I can dump in a bottle of Techron in it this weekend and not worry about the bike unexpectedly acting fuel starved in the middle of B.F. Egypt during my month long trip , right ?
Right. And you never have to change / clean the fuel filter if you use F.I. cleaner once every, say, 5 to 10K miles. The F.I. cleaner really does work and will clean the entire fuel system starting with the tank, pump and pump filter. But it will also actually clean the injectors as well as the combustion chamber and even the spark plus. If you wait until the longer end of that range, 10K miles, you will also notice that after cleaning the bike will run better, idle better and have better throttle response. Scout's honor, the stuff really does work.
I buy two bottles of Techrom once a year. One goes in my Van that has a 30 gallon tank. The other bottle is spit between my four bikes and the mower. The KLX and the mower also get a dose of fuel stabilizer/ethanol antidote.
here in Ohio, I buy IsoHeet, and Techron, by the "box", at WallyWorld... much cheaper than buying a bottle here and there, and then, I always have it on hand...
When I had the Nomad it would sit for extended periods. It would then run a bit rough. Run the specified amount of SF for 6 gallons of gas and by half way thru the tank it was running smooth as butter. Either Sf or Techron are great products and definitely worth using, especially if your bike has had to sit idle thru the winter
Techron is available at Costco by case, which is nice (I think it is 6 bottles). I don't think it goes bad over time or anything (when factory sealed), so quantity buying is good. I always shake it before pouring.
It is rather annoying that there are no "windows" on the bottle, so trying to guess how much is half a bottle is challenging. But I don't think it needs to be exact.