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Indiana_Jones
1st June 2009, 15:07
Hey guys,

Getting quite a lot of suction on the fuel lid the other day. Tried to open it and it took a hell of a lot of effort!

Devil mentioned it could be the breather hose from the tank is blocked.

I took the tank off to check that it wasn't kinked/blocked by the tank itself.

So how do I clear just the line?

Air compressor job?

Cheers

-Indy

Laava
7th June 2009, 22:00
Won't the hose be for overflow only? The breatheability will be built into the cap I would have thought. It should be reasonably easy to remove enough bits to clear the airway. Take it off the tank to do it tho! DAMHIK!
I could be wrong tho, just going off the jappas I currently have.
edit, just looked at one on TM and I think I'm right. Beautiful looking bikes BTW but sounds like yours sucks? Ba doom tish!

CookMySock
8th June 2009, 08:54
Won't the hose be for overflow only? The breatheability will be built into the cap I would have thought.Yup. Modern fuel systems are required by law to be sealed. There are mods to fuel caps to vent them, if it's causing you problems.

Stve