1 RS dumping fuel all over the place... Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:40 pm
Kingsly
active member
My wife went to let the dog out this morning and came running back in shouting that my bike was leaking all over the place.
Sure enough, there was a miniature BMW themed waterfall of fuel dumping onto the ground. Seemed to be originating from the rear of the tank, near the fuel sender, but I couldn't entirely tell. When I lifted up the rear of the tank to get a better look there was a hissing sound of air escaping from somewhere, so I got my key and opened the fill cap. There was a very loud hissing from the cap and a bunch of air vented, and shortly thereafter the leaking slowed to a tiny trickle and then stopped.
I'd just put about 3 gallons into the tank yesterday, and where it was parked it was in the sun for a few hours this morning. I assume the heat built up pressure in the tank and it vented out of somewhere it shouldn't have, but where? And why the heck doesn't the tank have a proper vent to keep this from happening?
How do I take the tank off and fix it without loosing all my fuel?
Help?
Sure enough, there was a miniature BMW themed waterfall of fuel dumping onto the ground. Seemed to be originating from the rear of the tank, near the fuel sender, but I couldn't entirely tell. When I lifted up the rear of the tank to get a better look there was a hissing sound of air escaping from somewhere, so I got my key and opened the fill cap. There was a very loud hissing from the cap and a bunch of air vented, and shortly thereafter the leaking slowed to a tiny trickle and then stopped.
I'd just put about 3 gallons into the tank yesterday, and where it was parked it was in the sun for a few hours this morning. I assume the heat built up pressure in the tank and it vented out of somewhere it shouldn't have, but where? And why the heck doesn't the tank have a proper vent to keep this from happening?
How do I take the tank off and fix it without loosing all my fuel?
Help?