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draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 6:32 pm
by kuloblando@cs.com
You people are lucky to have garages. Around here we got apartments
and people who sleep late on Saturdays and Sundays.
My klr is running bad, the big problem is water in the tank. The
tank is still on the bike so is the best way to pull off the
petcock? I know there is a vacuum valve and I don't want to get gas
on my hands. The smell never goes away.
Thank you.
KBOY
----West Hollywood Neighborhood Association----
----Beverly/LaCienega Design Center----
California
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote:
>
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Rich Kickbush wrote:
>
> >Other than that, I agree, most things can wait until you need
them, or
> >at least until you can sneak them onto the visa bill without the SO
> >noticing.
>
> Get your neighbor to buy them and pay him cash. He gets to keep the
> reward points and you get a clean Visa bill.
>
> "No Honey, that metal plate under the engine has always been there."
>
> Be sure to keep a beer fridge and a whiz pan in the garage. You
don't
> want to make noise and wake her up mid-install, now do you?
>
> Better yet, use your neighbor's garage. If you've chosen your
neighbors
> carefully, he'll already have a lift and a large pegboard fully
populated
> with professional-grade tools.
>
> RM
draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 6:51 pm
by Kurt Simpson
My klr is running bad, the big problem is water in the tank. The
tank is still on the bike so is the best way to pull off the
petcock? I know there is a vacuum valve and I don't want to get gas
on my hands. The smell never goes away.
Thank you.
KBOY
___________
KBOY, why would you have water in your tank? There is no way to do the job you want
to do without getting gas on your hands, best take it to a stealer...
Kurt
draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 6:58 pm
by RM
On Sat, 23 Jun 2001 kuloblando@... wrote:
>My klr is running bad, the big problem is water in the tank. The tank
>is still on the bike so is the best way to pull off the petcock? I know
>there is a vacuum valve and I don't want to get gas on my hands. The
>smell never goes away.
Take off the tank and flip it over?
draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 7:19 pm
by G. Meyer
If it's really water in the tank use no more than 4 ounces of 100% isopropyl
alcohol. It bonds with water like a magnet. It's the red bottle of
Iso-Heet. Works waaaaaaaaay better than the yellow bottle which is Methanol
If your problem doesn't go away shortly it's not water in the fuel.
Glen Meyer- A13 "cheaper than flying"
Post Falls, (North) Idaho
USA
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To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2001 4:32 PM
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Draining the tank
> You people are lucky to have garages. Around here we got apartments
> and people who sleep late on Saturdays and Sundays.
>
> My klr is running bad, the big problem is water in the tank. The
> tank is still on the bike so is the best way to pull off the
> petcock? I know there is a vacuum valve and I don't want to get gas
> on my hands. The smell never goes away.
>
> Thank you.
>
> KBOY
>
> ----West Hollywood Neighborhood Association----
> ----Beverly/LaCienega Design Center----
> California
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 23 Jun 2001, Rich Kickbush wrote:
> >
> > >Other than that, I agree, most things can wait until you need
> them, or
> > >at least until you can sneak them onto the visa bill without the SO
> > >noticing.
> >
> > Get your neighbor to buy them and pay him cash. He gets to keep the
> > reward points and you get a clean Visa bill.
> >
> > "No Honey, that metal plate under the engine has always been there."
> >
> > Be sure to keep a beer fridge and a whiz pan in the garage. You
> don't
> > want to make noise and wake her up mid-install, now do you?
> >
> > Better yet, use your neighbor's garage. If you've chosen your
> neighbors
> > carefully, he'll already have a lift and a large pegboard fully
> populated
> > with professional-grade tools.
> >
> > RM
>
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draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 8:29 pm
by John Irvine
The smell never goes away.
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draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2001 10:51 pm
by Harry Thames
The easiest way to get water from the tank is to siphon it out either with a
pump or the old fashion suck on a hose.
Harry Thames
Sourth Carolina
draining the tank
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2001 6:55 pm
by kuloblando@cs.com
Thanks for all the help to drain my tank. I got the job done turning it
upsidedown over a bucket, so now my roommate is mad, it was his bucket.
Since I work in a retail store it isn't a great thing to get gas on my hands.
The water must have come from condensation inside the tank. Thanks everyone.
KBOY
West Hollywood, Ca
funniest thing nklr
Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2001 5:29 pm
by Lance Collier
Kids love the KLR. Their parents have a hard time getting them back
in the car at the gas stations.
As for Harleys, women may like the vibration for a little while, but
I've found out they appreciate a smooth ride.
-Lance