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Hello everybody, new to this.

So I just bought a 2003 Vulcan 1600 classic with 5000 miles on it. It belonged to my father in law and has been sitting in his garage for approx. 10 years. I got a great deal on the bike.
Changed all fluids and replaced tires.
Went for a ride and ran great until about 50 miles in. Started acting like I had fouled plugs. Checked plugs and found 1 not locked in. Snapped in and all was good.
Second ride got about 45 miles in and again fouling issue ( it seemed). Replaced all plugs and ran great for the rest of the ride. About 100 miles.
Took it out today and same issue. About 15 miles in throttle starts acting restricted. Pulled over removed plugs just to check. Looked good, started up and ran great thru the rest of the ride (40 miles).
My father in law thinks I need to reset the ECU?????
Any help would be greatly appreciated, including procedure for resetting ECU of neccesary.

Thanks Tom.......

 

Hi Tom. I had a bike years ago with similar symptoms and in my case it turned out to be water in the fuel. Apparently the water would settle until I would be into a ride for a while then start causing issues.

 

Thanks.
I just thought of that yesterday and put sea foam in the tank. Wont be able to really take it out till Thursday. So we will see. But definitely sound like the symptoms.....

 

The shop wants to charge me $600 for a new pump.
WOW
found just the pump at quantum fuels for $80. Works great, but heres my question.
I want to replace the regulator, quantum has regulators but not mine.
Anyone know where I can find the odd part for a 2003 Vulcan 1600 classic, fuel pump????

Thanks.

 

Welcome to KF
From my understanding, stock fuel pumps are in the $600 dollar range.
You went aftermarket on the fuel pump? Maybe try an aftermarket manual adjusting regulator?

 

you can find most parts 84 and up for metric bikes at www.cheapcycleparts.com

 

Thanks for the response.
As for "cheapparts" same issue, they only sell the complete fuel pump. No schematic gives a part number for just the regulator.

As for the aftermarket manual adjust regulator.
The regulator attaches to the fuel pump assembly, so I wont work unless I could figure a way to make it fit the assembly. As it is getting the pump assembly back into the tank is a very tight fit.

But many thanks for the response. At this point I just made sure the regulator is securely fastened to the assembly and so far so good. It's just a bit nerve racking knowing it may pop off and leave me hanging on the side of the road. Easy fix if it were not for the fuel and removing the tank!!!

Again thank you for the help!!!

Oh also, I will say cheap parts does have awesome schematics!