Petrol leak update advice please

[Quiff Wichard]

hya guys..
OK I now stink of petrol and walked through the house with petrol hands into the ffice and Kim aint happy !

so furtther to my leak- I have now found the problemo!!
in the dark- sods law..torchlight and a security light.,..but it seems simple..


the main petrol line (rubber) has perished right near the end from the petrol tank..like 2 inches in.!!
big major hole..

so!..
can I splice it? and re attach ?? or do I buy a new line?..if so how much are they >?

its only a bit off the end so I could splice it but is it that length for movement etc??

please advise b4 I wash my hands .. ta

Quiff...hopefully I sorted you on msn.

Originally Posted by Peter Henry

Quiff...hopefully I sorted you on msn.

Oooh....hope he washed those petrol'y hands first. Ouch

[Quiff Wichard]

hee hee

u did!!

Ok panic over.. however I shudda done it straight away I think a whole petrol tank worth of petrol has seeped away

Ok I spoke to senor Henry on msn.... advised me take whole thing off (pipe) and look at in tthe light.. I did,,,,,, boy it was perished right along the lentgh(no puns scoobs) bighole in either end.. and like marbled all along it.

so its covered up now and new one tomoz fer me..
wonder if it will ride better without half me petrol on the floor!


cheers peter..

in fact I will take pics.... mite be worth anyone with an 01-02 checkin theirs..

[Quiff Wichard]

OK heres the pics


bit embarrassed as I love to clean my bike and check it over and never seen this!!!!

should it have been seen at a recent service or my MOT?

[embee]

If I found that I'd immediately suspect it was a replacement hose made of a material not suitable for fuel.

Is it the original or is it possible it has been repalced at some time??

If it's definitely the original, that's really scary!

[Quiff Wichard]

dunno if its orig...its an 02 bike and had 2 owners b4 moi !!!...

it had a plastic sleeve on it too...so it looked like orig....



my neighbour just chatted to me and said u can get petrol hoses now that have a lining in them- I will go shopping tomoz..

hose....
four candles
plugs,...............

[northwind]

Halfords sell a fuel hose you can use... It's about £3 for a metre and that's all you need. I think it's 6mm inside diameter. You probably want to replace the whole lot, and as soon as possible. It's not hard, you basically just need to remove the old ones, cut the new ones to length and fit them up. The hose clips provided with the SV won't fit around it though, it's thicker.

Mine were starting to go off a bit at 6 years old, but they weren't splitting or leaking, just very difficult to remove from the unions.

[Quiff Wichard]

cheeres north...!!!


job now done..bike on the road..goin for a spin in ten mins!!!