Grit in the gas tank

[PeteMun]

I bought the bike from a dealership last week and have just noticed what looks like grit in then gas tank. I dont know what exactly it is but I took it back to the dealership and showed a mechanic and his words were: "Yip sweet nah thats all good, yip beautiful. Its just from the petrol". So really I had no choice but to say ok thanks and rode off. Now speaking with some guys wednesday been at the "North Auckland street skills" they said to flush the tank and get it sorted asap.

My question is: do you think I should have to do this or should the dealership do this ? The bike does have a 3 month warrenty.. If I should do this how do I do it? The bikes a hornet 250. cheers

[PeteMun]

Ans also I bought this bike from a dealer as this is my first bike and I didnt want to get taken for a ride.. I did ask about rust but didnt think to look in the gas tank. My fault or do you think i should of been told ? Its obviously been resprayed..

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[elevenhundred]

See if they will at least put an inline fuel filter on the hose, you don't want any grit in your carbs!

[Dealer]

If they are halfway decent, they will do it for you.
I bought a ZZR250 from Botany Honda. Knocked a bit of rust off the tank while cleaning, and it started leaking. took it in and they patched it for free.
If not, then its not a biggie to remove the fuel tank, or drain it in situ.
The inline fuel filter is a good idea if it doesn't have 1 already.
If it does, then a good idea to replace it when you drain the tank.
Dont be afraid to play around with your bike and get to know it.

[Blatman]

I think the dealer should sort it. It's possible you have rust in the tank, it can be a problem particularly if the bike was sitting for a long time, say over winter.
Put an online fuel filter in, if it desn't have one. If there is rust one of the ways you can sort it (apart from replacing the tank) is to take it off and drain it, add a handful of nuts & bolts and slosh a weak soluton of hydrochloric acid around inside the tank, then flush it out with petrol .
NOTE: There's a lot more to it, so let me know if you get to this stage and I'll give you full instructions.

[PeteMun]

Yeah Im actually getting pretty fucked off about this now as everyone else seems to think this is a problem apart from the dealer. I have just emailed them with a photo asking if they are going to fix it.

About the inline fuel filter, there mechanic said he hates them and dosn't like using them. I have had a shit time with vehicles in the past and I dont want this stress with my new bike !

[Blatman]

Don't stress about it, actually it's probably unlikely to be rust as the bike isn't that old, well I guess it isn't? So just drain the tank, slosh a bit more gas around, drain again and put a filter in, easy job. And chances are that'll be it!

[PeteMun]

There is a little rust by the filler that I wasn't aware of when I was looking at it in the showroom.. But should I really be the one doing it ? I dont have anything to drain the nearly full tank into + nothing to filter it through + I shouldnt have to spend $$$ recifying a problem on a freshly bought bike from a dealer that should of been sold road worthy right ??

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[Harvd]

Mate i wouldnt be too worried. it doesnt look too severe but you say its been resprayed? interesting... but really i wouldnt worry too much. you will never be able to remove it all but just make sure you dont run bone dry on reserve or you could risk sucking it through. inline filter will deal with it in that case and you will just have fun walking it to the petrol station
Have fun on the bike man they mad cool. Espessially in white!

[Timmay]

Hi, I think we talked a bit on Wednesday night. I have just spent my weekend stripping and cleaning out my carbs on my hornet as I have a lack of power at high rpm. I found quite a bit of dirt in the carbs. I suggest you clean the tank and install a filter. It seems to have helped with the power delivery.

[CookMySock]

I bought the bike from a dealership last week and have just noticed what looks like grit in then gas tank.

Yeah you are the same bloke who found a little bit of surface rust by the gas filler, and got all hard-done-by over it.

I predict next week you will have found a bunch of other shit wrong with the bike also, like back wheel is too round, windscreen is too curved, banana is too bent, etc , and you will be off back to the bike shop to shove that up their nose too.

People who do this really help create new products for insurance companies, and make friendly bike shops wary about helping genuine people out. Plenty of people have told you it's 90% in your head, so maybe go outside and ride it or clean it or maybe scratch the tiny bit of rust off your second-hand bike, and stop trying to garner support for the destruction of the local bike shop.

Steve

[PeteMun]

Yeah you are the same bloke who found a little bit of surface rust by the gas filler, and got all hard-done-by over it.

yeah.. and ? So if you went to a bike shop stating you new nothing about bikes ect, said is there any rust in it and found some in such a place that they would have easily seen it, you wouldn't be annoyed ? All I want is a fair deal.

I predict next week you will have found a bunch of other shit wrong with the bike also,

No, because I dont own a hyosung.

like back wheel is too round, windscreen is too curved, banana is too bent, etc , and you will be off back to the bike shop to shove that up their nose too.

What a smart cunt

People who do this really help create new products for insurance companies, and make friendly bike shops wary about helping genuine people out. Plenty of people have told you it's 90% in your head, so maybe go outside and ride it or clean it or maybe scratch the tiny bit of rust off your second-hand bike, and stop trying to garner support for the destruction of the local bike shop.

Steve

what the funk are you on about ?

Hey Steve where did I buy my bike from ? Who is this company ? I havn't mentioned any names, whats this about getting support

[AllanB]

Super Cheap and the like will have a fuel approved 'can' for $10-$20 and a funnel for about $4 - it's handy to have around the shed and useful for draining, well, fuel into

Or ride the beast for a bit to lower the tank level.

Then under the cover of darkness tip the remaining fuel into the gutter and with any luck a car load of boy racers will park up outside yours for a smoke........

Back to the tank. Respray - if so don't worry, as long as it was prepped correctly its all fine.

Rust? - as suggested drain, swish, drain and see what comes out. If heaps of shit comes out save it (drain it into a sieve to collect) and take it to the bike shop and request they seal the tank. There are products available that seal rusty tanks.

[CookMySock]

All I want is a fair deal.

You got your fair deal mate - you did your you due diligence and paid your cash, if you missed a tiny patch of surface rust or a wee spot of black in the fuel tank then boo fucken hoo - lots of people have taken the time to tell you how to resolve these problems yourself, so hop to it.

If you don't like it, go ask for your money back, and stop trying to fuck the bike shop over. We actually have a positive relationship with them, and they go all cautious after dealing with people like you and rightly so, so cut it out.

Steve

[PeteMun]

You got your fair deal mate - you did your you due diligence and paid your cash, if you missed a tiny patch of surface rust or a wee spot of black in the fuel tank then boo fucken hoo - lots of people have taken the time to tell you how to resolve these problems yourself, so hop to it.

If you don't like it, go ask for your money back, and stop trying to fuck the bike shop over. We actually have a positive relationship with them, and they go all cautious after dealing with people like you and rightly so, so cut it out.

Steve

Whaaaaat ???

there always has to one fucktard