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22-03-08, 08:55 PM
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2002 sv 650 fuel tank problem
hi all, i have a female friend who bought a 2002 sv650s and it was leaking fuel through a hole out of the bottom of the bike all the time. so i figured it was the fuel over flow tube, and it was broken in side of the fuel tank so that caused it to leak all the time. so as a temperary fix i plug the hose with a screw to stop the leak and everything seemed to be fine. she took it to the local bike dealer and they told her that because the overflow tube was pluged fuel was backing up and getting into the cooling system. i wanted to know was this posssible?
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22-03-08, 09:20 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
Suspect there was a bit of misunderstanding going on.
The tube you're talking about is the drain tube for the recess where the fuel filler is to allow water to drain away so that it doesn't just fall into the tank when you open the filler. Unfortunately they have a habit of rusting through and thus 1 - allowing rain water into the fuel 2 - allowing fuel to leak out and run out of the bottom of the pipe, as you describe. Whatever, there is no possible connection between the fuel tank and the cooling system, I suspect they were talking about water drain or something. (EDIT - I'm wrong on this, read the post from Sid Squid below!!!!!) As far as I'm aware there isn't a successful fix other than replace the tank, though you could "try" sleeving the drain tube somehow.
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22-03-08, 09:38 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
i though it was just a fuel over flow. but thanks!
he was just pulling her leg |
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23-03-08, 08:46 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
The filler well drain and the coolant header tank overflow are teed together and share the same drain hose. If the drain is plugged then fuel from a broken/corroded filler well drain tube will pass into the header tank, I have seen this once before.
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23-03-08, 08:55 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
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24-03-08, 01:26 AM
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17-04-08, 10:24 AM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
yep ..... I got this problem too.....fuel appears to be in the header tank, and fuel leaking from the breather and the rear of the tank.
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31-05-08, 05:15 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
i have these same problems how was it fixed a new tank?!!! seems a bit extreme!
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31-05-08, 05:19 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
Thanks to BBD pointing this out to me I have now seperated the two overflows so there is no possibility of contamination or confusion.
I've also acquired a brand new tank off of Ebay for when the problem arises.
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31-05-08, 05:23 PM
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Re: 2002 sv 650 fuel tank issues
so could i just separate the 2 pipes and plug one of them up?
which pipes do i need to seperate... I'm a bit new to this! |
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