My 'Wing is Waffin at me...

[AApple]

or...maybe it's just mad at me for not riding it since before Thanksgiving...
Either way, I was gonna fire it off and let it run for a while today, after cutting the grass. (Yup..you heard me...it was in the mid '70s yesterday and today, so I did a little yard werk.)
Anyway...I turned the fuel on, hit the button, and..."Click-click-click"....battery wasn't up to playing. I was just about to hook the booster box up when I smelled raw fuel. What the heck?! The fuel is leaking from the fuel pump...best I could tell, the hoses are leaking at the pump. Funny thing is, I just replaced those hoses not long before I stopped riding last year. :sensored:
I was just too tired at that point to dig into it to see what was going on, so I just turned the petcock off, and left it until I can get the time to investigate more. Dangit...I was thinking about riding tomorrow.... :crying: :crying: :crying:

 

[dan filipi]

Maybe the hose clamps just need a little crank down.

 

[scdmarx]

Maybe the hose clamps just need a little crank down.

Yup, that's the first place I'd look. Many times you need to go back and retighten the clamps after the hoses set. Same with coolant hoses. Somehow the hose material is affected by exposure and hot&cold cycles.

I had the petcock leak on me the other day (after a long sit) but it went away. What is involved in rebuilding one of those? Does it have just plain run-o-the-mill O-rings?

 

[slabghost]

Over sized screw style clamps do not seal very well.

 

[AApple]

Well now...ya'll are assuming I even have clamps on the hoses.... :whistling: :whistling: :whistling:
:smilie_happy:
I'll take the chrome cover off this evening and have a look-see. I sure hope it ain't the pump itself puking, but the hoses going in and out of the pump were dripping pretty good when I turned the petcock on. That's the first time that has ever happened, even with the old, cracked hoses. I guess the batt being low was prolly a good thing. With MY luck, if it had fired off, it prolly would have actually FIRED off!! There IS an exhaust leak on that side...

 

[slabghost]

Now I'm laughing at you! I'd have some kind of clamps on fuel lines even if they were cheap spring clamps. If it would get above 45 degrees here I'd find a way to get out for a ride! :smilie_happy:

 

[dan filipi]

No clamps on the hoses?? oh2: :rtfm:

 

[mcgovern61]

He don't need no stinkin clamps on hees hoses!

 

[AApple]

:smilie_happy: :mrgreen: :smilie_happy: :mrgreen:

As it turns out, there are actually clamps on both of the hoses....I wonder how those got there? :blush: I did pull the cover off, and one of the hoses, the one coming from the tank, was a bit loose. I tightened the clamps and checked, and that seemed to eliminate the leakage. I had changed the filter to one of those see-thru, replaceable element filters this past summer, and installed new hoses at that time. I guess the hoses had collapsed a little over time, and just needed a snugging up.
Of course NOW we're getting some "Winter Weather" advisories...snow, wind, rain, sleet are all coming in overnight. Just in time for Super Bowl! arty: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

 

[Andyb]

I had the same issue when I switched out my fuel lines. The new lines were more stout and took more torque on the clamps to collapse around the outlet on the fuel pump. Leaked real nice until I figured that out.