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Message started by splash07 on 09/17/07 at 15:05:55

Title: tank overflows
Post by splash07 on 09/17/07 at 15:05:55

sometimes i am having some serious overflow from the gas cap right after i have filled the tank. tried filling the tank while the bike is standing straight up (not on the kickstand) and still it overflows. Once i put the cap on and start her up there it goes all over the bike. any ideas?

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by Trippah on 09/17/07 at 15:10:52

Prolly the gasket, but you shouldn't fill 'er all the way up; I try to stop with a couple of inches of the filler spout still visable. Mine leaks when the rpm's are in a certain range (but without a tach, I can't tell you what the range is)>

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by verslagen1 on 09/17/07 at 15:11:53

splish splash taking a bath!

Are you having some serious vibe's?

Time for new seals in your gas cap otherwise.

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by firsts40 on 09/17/07 at 15:59:37

Only fill it to the bottom of the filler tube, not any further. The heat and also the vibrations will cause it to leak. If you look in the tank you will see the bottom of the filler neck. Do not fill it past that.

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 09/17/07 at 19:16:35

I have had that happen when I only slightly went past the edge of the tube under the cap. I hold the bike upright as I fill, then, stop when the gas reaches the bottom edge of the tube at the filler, then, I give the bike a wiggle, I dunno why, but it seems to help. I have had it belch fuel as I ride off several times, really distressing. Done it since it was new, so I dont seeit as Old Gasket issues.

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by barry68v10 on 09/19/07 at 03:42:00

Yep, mine's done that before too on hot days.

A sealed cap is the only way to stop that, but then as someone has pointed out before you'll suck dents in your tank...not to mention the fact that you'll continually run out of gas and have to let the tank "breathe"...

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by forrest on 09/19/07 at 04:47:55

I fill mine to just below the kneck and have never had a problem............now it'll probably overflow next time. :-/

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by Savage_Greg on 09/19/07 at 05:30:38

barry68v10 wrote:

Glad to see that is still alive...:P

Hey John, "you'll suck a dent in your tank!".

Anyway, back to the problem...let's think this through.

You fill up the tank and then move the bike and gas spills out. Hmmm.

Note to self: Put less gas in the tank next time.

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by YonuhAdisi on 09/20/07 at 13:59:20

I can't believe the "sucking dents into the tank" joke is still going on, all because of my old dented up tank. :) :) :)

Title: Re: tank overflows
Post by barry68v10 on 09/20/07 at 16:55:08

Yeah Greg, there's just nobody else I'd rather go to when it comes to the subject of "sucking dents in the tank"! That was priceless. ;D