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#212041 Tusler (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 271 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Thank you for enlightening me, so were is the vent to allow the gas to overflow when the sun hits the full tank?[/quote] Ummm...I think you found it...the keyhole. There isn't any overflow valve on the tank to let gas out. RK[/quote] I think I will be taking the roll-over valve out of my vent line so it can properly vent. If I am laying on some road bleeding I'm really not going to care about loosing a couple of gal of gas anyway! and if the bike falls over for what ever reason I will just pick it back up and go get my hernia operation   Logged     Ask Jesus for Forgiveness before it is too late!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #212066 Roadkill1962 (User) ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Platinum Boarder Posts: 3213 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Tusler wrote: Thank you for enlightening me, so were is the vent to allow the gas to overflow when the sun hits the full tank? Ummm...I think you found it...the keyhole. There isn't any overflow valve on the tank to let gas out. RK I think I will be taking the roll-over valve out of my vent line so it can properly vent. If I am laying on some road bleeding I'm really not going to care about loosing a couple of gal of gas anyway! and if the bike falls over for what ever reason I will just pick it back up and go get my hernia operation That's the spirit! I don't know if you were planning on taking out just the valve & laving the tank vent line, or plan on taking out the entire line. I just read on another thread here that someone had the bright idea of removing the entire tank vent line, and taking apart a little foam paint brush & slipping the brush head over the valve neck on the tank & zip-tying it in place to make a little filter. I don't really have the need, but it sounded like an interesting idea... RK   Logged     Last Edit: 2009/07/19 00:25 By Roadkill1962.   “To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.” - Thomas Jefferson   The administrator has disabled public write access. #212096 SoCoRoadie (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 27 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   I'm going to check that valve coming off the tank. I just re-lined my tank last weekend and it might have got clogged up. Thanks everyone for all the info and help. This site is awesome!! SoCo   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #212098 Flashback (Moderator) Just the facts, Ma'am.. Moderator Posts: 9221 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   It's a very small diameter tube, so I would guess that you can be certain that it is plugged from the resin. I don't know how you could clear it tho...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #212100 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   SoCoRoadie wrote: I'm going to check that valve coming off the tank. I just re-lined my tank last weekend and it might have got clogged up. Thanks everyone for all the info and help. This site is awesome!! SoCo Yes .... it's most likely plugged. The only way to unplug it is to straighten the tube carefully (they do break off) and drill a hole right through into the tank. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #212288 SoCoRoadie (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 27 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   DocShadow wrote: SoCoRoadie wrote: I'm going to check that valve coming off the tank. I just re-lined my tank last weekend and it might have got clogged up. Thanks everyone for all the info and help. This site is awesome!! SoCo Yes .... it's most likely plugged. The only way to unplug it is to straighten the tube carefully (they do break off) and drill a hole right through into the tank. Doc Doc, What is the easiest and safe way to do this?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #212289 DocShadow (Admin) Hmmmm .... send beer Admin Posts: 17615 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   Pair of pliers ..... grab the horizontal end and bend it back ... be gentil. You can do it too many times as it will break off. No big deal if you break it off ... you can still used the remaining end to attach the pipe. Doc   Logged     My Bike Website   The administrator has disabled public write access. #212437 SoCoRoadie (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 27 Re:Fuel cap leaking 2 Years, 10 Months ago   DocShadow wrote: Pair of pliers ..... grab the horizontal end and bend it back ... be gentil. You can do it too many times as it will break off. No big deal if you break it off ... you can still used the remaining end to attach the pipe. Doc I'll drain the tank and get to it. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks!!   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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