Leaking petrol cap

The cap seems to have a leak, when the tank is full-ish and on the sidestand.

Is that repairable or am I gonna have to lay out the £40 for a new cap?

Thanks

The cap will leak as it is not water/air tight, there would be no suck from the engine otherwise, your prolly filling it too full, in the manual it recomends not to fill it right to the top, you can get the problem of rain water in your tank causing miss fires as well, ive never known a cap to be water/air tight,
or your side stand takes the bike over too much.
hope it helps

Speaking about my bike:

I personally fill right up to the lip, with the bike upright. I've never seen it leak when it's on the side stand, so depending on age, perhaps the seal around the edge has perished? My bike hasn't even leaked fuel when it's been laid on its side in the middle of the road.

Personally, I'd look for someone breaking the same bike as yours, and try tempt them to part with the filler cap as a complete unit. Then strip it down & replace your lock with the "newer" seals from the replacement. That way, you still only have one key to worry about. Otherwise you'll be buying a new lock, which will also come with a new key.

To my thinking, there's an over-spill pipe from under the cap, so the caps should be air/water tight, allowing air in from the breather tube.

Originally Posted by Baph

Speaking about my bike:

I personally fill right up to the lip, with the bike upright. I've never seen it leak when it's on the side stand, so depending on age, perhaps the seal around the edge has perished? My bike hasn't even leaked fuel when it's been laid on its side in the middle of the road.

Personally, I'd look for someone breaking the same bike as yours, and try tempt them to part with the filler cap as a complete unit. Then strip it down & replace your lock with the "newer" seals from the replacement. That way, you still only have one key to worry about. Otherwise you'll be buying a new lock, which will also come with a new key.

To my thinking, there's an over-spill pipe from under the cap, so the caps should be air/water tight, allowing air in from the breather tube.

mine did when i crashed out, leaked all over the road, so maybe i am 100% wrong and my caps knakered too lol, better check that out cheers baph

[jambo]

Just to check is it leaking from around the edge of the cap, or out of the breather pipe down by your bike's exhaust?

Originally Posted by jambo

Just to check is it leaking from around the edge of the cap, or out of the breather pipe down by your bike's exhaust?

It's from the cap. I hadnt noticed and it's left a mark on my tank . . . Im gutted.

Thanks for the tips tho chaps

[jambo]

Before going much further I'd get a quote for new seals for the petrol cap, and check that the overflow hole which you can see when the filler cap is open is not blocked.

i'll be checking this also, thought it was normal
cheers doodes

Originally Posted by jambo

Before going much further I'd get a quote for new seals for the petrol cap, and check that the overflow hole which you can see when the filler cap is open is not blocked.

KK thanx dude . . . So it is possible to just buy the seals?

[jambo]

According to the Ron Ayers website it's all one piece but may be worth talking to a local dealer in case I'm wrong

http://www.ronayers.com/fiche/getdesc.cfm?man=su