Ok i just found this at the bottom of my fuel tank.... but i have no idea if it really belongs in there... any ideas?

It is 4.5" long and black thats all i can describe it really...

It clips onto the float arm to prevent it rattleingagainst something or othet but I cant picture it at the moment.

Mine kept falling off so it stayed on the bench last time to no ill effect.

Thanks K
That was the only logical place i could see, but i couldnt see how it held on, and considering it was at the bottom of the tank i think it may now just go onto my workbench to

Maybe it could be this part, that someone searches in a K11 forum. Fits the description.

Inge K.

That is the part Inge, I will try and take a photo so that it can be seen clearly, I cant see what they achieve mind...

i dont have mine ....and wish i did ......i can see why it fell off .....and have thought to get one , but tie it back on with a little bit of aluminium wire .....(carefullly mind you so it doesnt pierce the tank anywhere )



my float on the fuel gage makes a hell of a racket as the arm /float touches the tank wall.



i supose there is a bit of a chanel between the vent tube and the float arm that might keep it from hitting the outer/inner of the tank ...

Just a couple of photo's to show where it go's sorry about the second being out of focus....

The one that has come off is from the left where the Black circle is the one that is in place is just visable on the second photo.

oh !! so its a cable protection device ? so those power cables cant make spark after moving around in the tank and possibly freying the wires ?



held in by displacement ?

I was also wondering about the purpose for these parts, when I did read that thread in the other forum the first time the question did show up.

Now I know, time to check in the gas tanks........thanks for the pictures.

Inge K.

Not cable protection, the fuel pump is mounted on a plinth almost it isnt welded to the tank wall, instead the 2 rubber bits slid down the section... just going to put this loose one back in place it may more make more sense with a clear picture...

The only thing i can think it is useful for is in the event of an accident, it could potentially prevent the wall of the tank being pierced by the fuel pump bracket, good to know that BMW thought about the risk of loosing a couple of litres of fuel!

ah! excelent observation

+1.

Inge K.

Well I'll be buggered. When I got my K100 and repainted it I took the thingy out of the base of the tank and that thing was on the float arm so it stayed there when it went back together but fell of soon after so that is where I thought it was supposed to go and the PO also apparently did too.

Thats my new thing I have learned today.

It's always good to say you have learnt something new each day.... I am at the age where i still find lots of new stuff every day hehe

I am old enough now that I don't know everything. There is a lot more to learn now days when I was 19 I knew everything but my Dad was as DADS (dumb as dog s) but he amazingly learnt a lot as he got old.