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Hey gang,
I said that I would keep you up to date with developments with the old girl....... After many posts in here and a lot of grunting and groaning of my own fiddling with bits and bobs on the bike.... I finally gave into my inexperience of bike mechanics and rang a local garage... They picked up my bike (which I never did get to restart) and fiddleded with it last week........ It turns out that I had blocked Carbs AND contaminated fuel!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much for the £10 that I gave a local supermarket petrol station!!! Thanks to that, it cost me £219!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yeah, sure, they freed my front brakes too, but still...... My only gripe with the shop was that they had the gaul to say to my face that I needed a new chain and sprocket, and that I should not leave my bike standing for long as it had 'obviously' been left for a long time!!!!! I was furious at this!!!!! ![]() Crazy!!!! Anyway.... At least she is back!!!! ![]() Hope you are all enjoying the sunshine tooooooooo. ![]() Must get back to work!!!! ![]() Splosh xxxxxx |
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Contaminated fuel is a nightmare. I had this recently with my raptor and I ended up being recovered home it got that bad. How else can rust get into a plastic tank?
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Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition |
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Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition |
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Nah, the chain seemed fine... I adjusted it myself, and just took it up the road for them to check.. He had a look and said it was fine... He got a gauge out to meausre the play.. All fine and dandy!!!!
Crazy!!! Rust in the plasitic tank is strange, however, I have noticed that I have a little rust forming around the tip of the breather pipe under the fuel cap.... Not sure how to tackle that one either!!!! Splosh xxxxxx |
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All I know is I'm going to be very careful where I get petrol from from now on!
It is possible to have got a duff chain. I got one on my GPZ500 once and it needed replacing really quickly, and that was with a scottoiler fitted. |
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Me toooo Amanda.
I shall go back to using the same Petrol Station from now on.... I went on a money saving spree by just getting petrol from the cheapest wherever I was... Think I shall stop that dodgy process now!!!!!!!!!!! Not sure on the Chain issue. Splosh xxxxx |
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Is contaminated fuel a common problem?
As if i didn't have the weight of the world on my shoulders, now i have something else to worry about! ![]() |
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