Loud fuell pump

[poolguyJ]

I was just wondering if any one else has a loud fuel pump on their XB? Mine is loud and unhealthy sounding, I'm afraid that it might be going bad. Has anyone ever had a fuel pump go bad before? If so how did it sound before it went bad or did it just stop working?

 

[Lesley]

Welcome to the world of HD/Buell bikes. Yes the fuel pumps are loud compared to any other bike that has one. Yes they do sometimes go out but mostly on the guys who run their bikes completely out of gas repeatedly. I have a 2005 with 31,000 miles and the fuel pump has always been loud but never went out.

 

[poolguyJ]

Thanks Lesley, that's what I thought but I wasn't sure. My bike is a 2004 XB12R with just over 30k miles and the pump is definitely louder than any bike I have ever owned. I assumed that it was so loud because it was in the frame but I didn't have another Buell to compare it to.

 

[Zeroflat24]

Yeah they are extremely loud. Ive gotten used to it. 18k miles mines original.

 

[poolguyJ]

I don't know, but some days mine seems louder than others. I have 32k miles on my bike. has anyone ever replaced a fuel pump and if so how many miles did you have on your bike?

 

[skyroket]

Sorry I can't tell you exactly, but I see people coming through here quite often, or over in the Troubleshooting forum. The pumps seem to be going out any time over 5,000, which, as Lesley said earlier, happens to people who do not treat them properly and often run the bike completely dry.

10k on mine and I can hear it down there if I'm not wearing a helmet.

 

[Kuntreeboy]

I can hear mine pretty loud, spoke to Hawk the other night and he was saying to replace it with an 08 or 09 as they made it better that year? Email him he can tell you the specifics of that???

 

[wolfo68]

The hookups for 08 09 aren't the same. I don't think

 

[DustyXB]

Overly loud fuel pump?

Time for a fill up. Mine is always louder the less and less fuel is in the tank.