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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:00 am    Post subject: Fuel, fuel everywhere Reply with quote

Well. not exactly but, took the V-Due out, and when I got home a distinct smell of petrol. Thought buggar, the carb is weeping again and depositing fuel in the airbox. Took off fairing, opened airbox, nowt. Then noticed that one of the quick release fuel couplers was sopping wet, opened it up and......missing o ring, not perished, not torn, MISSING !! Clearly the fuel fairies have been busy. So I'm out today trying to find one. DOH !
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Pompey



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hopefully the fairy poured 2 stroke mix into something distinctly four stroke and kazzam, the karma strikes! Laughing
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oily



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 9:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you checked in the other half of the coupler to make sure the offending article hasn't got stuck in there.

Remember, not all O rings are petrol proof Shocked
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oily



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 9:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steve, if your struggling to find one and your not in a hurry, I've got a couple of box's of O' rings. Let me know the diameter and I'll pop a couple in the post Wink
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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 1:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cheers for that. managed to pick one up from a car parts place, they couldn't guarantee it was fuel proof but I'll give it a go. It was also slightly fatter but all fits back together. have looked everywhere for the missing o ring and I am officially better than Paul Daniels when it comes to o rings, it has disappeared. I've got a mate who works for Unipart so hopefully he can pick me up a fuel injection o ring on Monday as a back up.
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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 9:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Spoke to my mate tonight and he reckons they have the very o rings, so won't risk the one I bought today. Thanks for the kind offer Oily, much appreciated. Hopefully bike will be all back together by Tuesday.
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oily



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PostPosted: Sun May 23, 2010 10:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glad your sorted Wink
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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2010 4:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

New Viton seals bought and fitted ! Let's hope that keeps the fuel where it's supposed to be !!
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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The saga continues. Fuel leak into airbox came back and got worse until it developed the habit of emptying the fuel tank through the carbs whenever I started and then stopped the bike. Gave it to a local two stroke specialist tuner and they diagnosed that the float assemblies needed changing, so they did that and tuned the carbs. All seemed ok for about 40 miles and then bike started very slightly hunting. No probs, thought change plugs, as maybe one is breaking down. The hunting was slight, but still there. Got home, and noticed fuel on ground, opened up airbox, about 1/2 pint fuel in either side. Disconnected tank and cleaned out fuel from airbox, noticed fuel still dripping off exhaust, took out front plug and out cane about 1/4 pint of fuel. So it's back off to the tuners to find out what the f**k is going on. Excuse the language, but it's been a trying time, as on top of this a fuel connector broke up and the indicator relay committed suicide whilst out trying the new plugs.
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oily



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 5:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The joys of Bimota ownership Laughing
Chin up old chap..........
One of the reasons I try and stick to SB's is suzuki has already sorted the engine niggles before Bimota got hold of em Wink
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GeeKay



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 8:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

didn't stop them screwing up the perfectly good TL1000R motor in the SB8, did it?
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oily



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah yes, I should have been more explicate, I meant Suzuki engines with the correct amount of cylinders Laughing
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2bims



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The old addage of "if it ain't broke, dont fix it" unfortunately doesn't translate in Italian. But then we can all be guilty sometimes of thinking we can do something that makes it better "A good mans' gotta know his limitations" Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry)
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oily



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Or the old Bimota adage.......If it ain't broke, fix it until it is Wink
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steveknowles



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

2bims wrote:
The old addage of "if it ain't broke, dont fix it" unfortunately doesn't translate in Italian. But then we can all be guilty sometimes of thinking we can do something that makes it better "A good mans' gotta know his limitations" Clint Eastwood (Dirty Harry)

Hence my giving it to a two stroke specialist, 'cos seeing as they didn't get it right first time I'd have totally screwed it
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