Bike smells of fuel
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From: Yeebok on 28 Apr 2010 03:45 Basically the Hyosung stinks of petrol. I've checked all my hoses and that sort of stuff, none of them are actually leaking or anything like that. Today I've just gotten home and noticed I have a couple of drips underneath it. The drips are not coming from the tank though - there's an overflow (?) hose about 2cm thick that comes from the rear of the motor almost next to the clutch, goes up about an inch before curving back down to drain near the chain. It has an odd end on it that starts round but ends up in a small slit about the size of a 5c piece. There's a drop there now - I have no idea what the hell it's for, tho evidently it's some sort of drain or overflow. Where it comes from on the outside of the motor looks damp also. It also looks like I have a leak near the fuel gauge, but there is nothing on the outside of that hose to indicate it is getting dripped on so I guess I have 2 leaks.I cleaned and dried all that last night, so it's definitely losing some there too. Any suggestions on what it is / should do etc ? I hate stinking of petrol but happy enough to work on fixing it if I can.
From: G-S on 28 Apr 2010 04:35 Yeebok wrote: > Basically the Hyosung stinks of petrol. > > Any suggestions on what it is / should do etc ? > You need a match you do... G-S
From: Yeebok on 28 Apr 2010 04:57 On 28/04/2010 6:35 PM, G-S wrote: > Yeebok wrote: >> Basically the Hyosung stinks of petrol. >> Any suggestions on what it is / should do etc ? > > > You need a match you do... > > > G-S If it was insured and I'd get a payout for deliberately setting it on fire in the garage .. maybe. Thanks or the lol though. As it is I just want to be able to sit in the garage, use the computer and not get stunk out :)
From: Zebee Johnstone on 28 Apr 2010 06:18 In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:45:19 +1000 Yeebok <yeeb(a)yeeb.yeeb> wrote: > underneath it. > The drips are not coming from the tank though - there's an overflow (?) > hose about 2cm thick that comes from the rear of the motor almost next > to the clutch, goes up about an inch before curving back down to drain > near the chain. It has an odd end on it that starts round but ends up > in a small slit about the size of a 5c piece. There's a drop there now - > I have no idea what the hell it's for, tho evidently it's some sort of > drain or overflow. Where it comes from on the outside of the motor looks > damp also. Are there carb overflows at all? Is the bike a bit hard to start? could you have worn needles/seats so that petrol's getting into the motor with the engine off? Does it take a while after a ride for the smell to appear? Zebee
From: Yeebok on 28 Apr 2010 06:21
On 28/04/2010 8:18 PM, Zebee Johnstone wrote: > In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:45:19 +1000 > Yeebok<yeeb(a)yeeb.yeeb> wrote: >> underneath it. >> The drips are not coming from the tank though - there's an overflow (?) >> hose about 2cm thick that comes from the rear of the motor almost next >> to the clutch, goes up about an inch before curving back down to drain >> near the chain. It has an odd end on it that starts round but ends up >> in a small slit about the size of a 5c piece. There's a drop there now - >> I have no idea what the hell it's for, tho evidently it's some sort of >> drain or overflow. Where it comes from on the outside of the motor looks >> damp also. > > Are there carb overflows at all? > > Is the bike a bit hard to start? > > could you have worn needles/seats so that petrol's getting into the > motor with the engine off? > > Does it take a while after a ride for the smell to appear? > > Zebee Hi Zebee - There's an overflow on both carbs, neither of those is leaking at all. The bike starts fine, hit the button and off it goes first go. Worn needles / seats ? Not sure what you mean there. That the things that get changed to add more fuel (in the carby) ? The smell seems pretty much all the time, soon as I pull up at the house I can smell it. In case it's relevant I haven't changed the plugs (or filter now I think about it) since I got the bike. Could that be to do with it (tho it runs fine - just the smell) Yeebs. |