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From: Lozzo on 6 Jun 2010 15:51 sweller wrote: > Pete Fisher wrote: > > > > The standard Moto Guzzi fuel leak from behind the badges - this > > > time it's only slight so what are the tank sealers of the moment? > > > > POR15 worked well for me on the ancient Puch moped tank used on the > > Forgotten Error, > > This stuff? > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220616796686 > > Is it just the single tin? As has been mentioned before, make sure the tank is as clean inside as humanly possble. I've always favoured the cheap coke or phosphoric acid method over filling the tank with nuts and bolts or gravel. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: Beav on 6 Jun 2010 16:59 "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message news:872chdFs4gU2(a)mid.individual.net... > sweller wrote: > >> Pete Fisher wrote: >> >> > > The standard Moto Guzzi fuel leak from behind the badges - this >> > > time it's only slight so what are the tank sealers of the moment? >> > >> > POR15 worked well for me on the ancient Puch moped tank used on the >> > Forgotten Error, >> >> This stuff? >> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220616796686 >> >> Is it just the single tin? > > As has been mentioned before, make sure the tank is as clean inside as > humanly possble. I've always favoured the cheap coke or phosphoric acid > method over filling the tank with nuts and bolts or gravel. And try getting all the sand or stones out if there's an anti-splash filler neck which sits deeper into the tank further than the top of it. -- Beav
From: Lozzo on 6 Jun 2010 17:41 Beav wrote: > > > "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message > news:872chdFs4gU2(a)mid.individual.net... > > As has been mentioned before, make sure the tank is as clean inside > > as humanly possble. I've always favoured the cheap coke or > > phosphoric acid method over filling the tank with nuts and bolts or > > gravel. > > And try getting all the sand or stones out if there's an anti-splash > filler neck which sits deeper into the tank further than the top of > it. There is that to think about too, but it was crn who suggested it, so only those who deserve the pain would have listened to him -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: crn on 6 Jun 2010 18:28 In uk.rec.motorcycles.classic Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > Beav wrote: > > "Lozzo" <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote in message > > news:872chdFs4gU2(a)mid.individual.net... > > > > As has been mentioned before, make sure the tank is as clean inside > > > as humanly possble. I've always favoured the cheap coke or > > > phosphoric acid method over filling the tank with nuts and bolts or > > > gravel. > > > > And try getting all the sand or stones out if there's an anti-splash > > filler neck which sits deeper into the tank further than the top of > > it. > > There is that to think about too, but it was crn who suggested it, so > only those who deserve the pain would have listened to him Never had a problem - the stones shake out easily. Then it gets a washout first with petrol then with thinner. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project, 78 400/4 in black 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley)
From: Pete Fisher on 7 Jun 2010 02:32
In communiqu� <xn0gv2jn7nw6os000(a)news.individual.net>, sweller <sweller(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> cast forth these pearls of wisdom >Pete Fisher wrote: > >> > The standard Moto Guzzi fuel leak from behind the badges - this time >> > it's only slight so what are the tank sealers of the moment? >> >> POR15 worked well for me on the ancient Puch moped tank used on the >> Forgotten Error, > >This stuff? >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/220616796686 > >Is it just the single tin? > I got a kit from Frosts including 'Marine Clean' and 'Metal Ready Rust remover' for preparation. Their Motorcycle kit comes with an 8 oz tin of the POR15 sealer, which they also list separately on their web site for just �9.50 - except that it is currently showing as out of stock. -- +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Pete Fisher at Home: Peter(a)ps-fisher.demon.co.uk | | Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" | | Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ |