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gas tank rust
Posted: Fri May 31, 2002 7:33 pm
by Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.
Arden Kizely wrote.....One more gas tank/rust tip: a little ethyl alcohol or STP gas
treatment in the tank will absorb any water in there and prevent this
from happening in the future. ...
The problem with ethanol, MTBE and other fuel additives is that the absorbed water will still react to the untreated steel in your tank. It may take a while, like over a long, cold winter, but you will get corrosion. Been there, got the T-shirt. Had to fork out $400 for a new NT650 tank last year.
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gas tank rust
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 3:38 pm
by gregpaul
OK guys...... What's the "real" fix? We even have water in the air
down here!
Greg in Dallas
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Harry Charles Seifert, Jr."
wrote:
> Arden Kizely wrote.....One more gas tank/rust tip: a little ethyl
alcohol or STP gas
> treatment in the tank will absorb any water in there and prevent
this
> from happening in the future. ...
>
> The problem with ethanol, MTBE and other fuel additives is that the
absorbed water will still react to the untreated steel in your tank.
It may take a while, like over a long, cold winter, but you will get
corrosion. Been there, got the T-shirt. Had to fork out $400 for a
new NT650 tank last year.
>
>
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gas tank rust
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 4:34 pm
by Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.
Gregpaul wrote We even have water in the air
down here!
I hate to get on my soapbox again, but ....I have had excellent results by my "secret blend" of 40%premium pump gas and 60% Trick or VP (Texas go-fast juice) race fuel. Of course you can't use LEADED fuel in street vehicles, but who looks???? If you have a small airport around, you might replace the Trick/VP with 102 or above octane avgas. Keeping your tank full as much of the time as possible helps, too! If your bike will be sitting for several weeks, try one of the fuel stabilizers that are for over-winter storage. Of course, if you were where the stars shine bright, you wouldn't have this problem:>}
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gas tank rust
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 4:41 pm
by gregpaul
The hell you say! I saw a bright star here once.... mmmmmmm... maybe
it was the moon... hmmmm.
Greg in Dallas
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Harry Charles Seifert, Jr."
wrote:
> Gregpaul wrote We even have water in the air
> down here!
>
> I hate to get on my soapbox again, but ....I have had excellent
results by my "secret blend" of 40%premium pump gas and 60% Trick or
VP (Texas go-fast juice) race fuel. Of course you can't use LEADED
fuel in street vehicles, but who looks???? If you have a small
airport around, you might replace the Trick/VP with 102 or above
octane avgas. Keeping your tank full as much of the time as
possible helps, too! If your bike will be sitting for several weeks,
try one of the fuel stabilizers that are for over-winter storage. Of
course, if you were where the stars shine bright, you wouldn't have
this problem:>}
>
>
>
>
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gas tank rust
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 6:56 pm
by kcuf_oohay_666
IMS plastic fuel tank
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "gregpaul" wrote:
> OK guys...... What's the "real" fix? We even have water in the air
> down here!
>
> Greg in Dallas
>
>
>
gas tank rust
Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2002 10:16 pm
by Joseph Simoneaux
Harry, that sounds great but what a PIA it would be to have to cruz out to the airport every time you wanted to fuel up.
Joe S.
On Sat, 1 Jun 2002 14:34:01 -0700 "Harry Charles Seifert, Jr." wrote:
Gregpaul wrote We even have water in the air
down here!
I hate to get on my soapbox again, but ....I have had excellent results by my "secret blend" of 40%premium pump gas and 60% Trick or VP (Texas go-fast juice) race fuel. Of course you can't use LEADED fuel in street vehicles, but who looks???? If you have a small airport around, you might replace the Trick/VP with 102 or above octane avgas. Keeping your tank full as much of the time as possible helps, too! If your bike will be sitting for several weeks, try one of the fuel stabilizers that are for over-winter storage. Of course, if you were where the stars shine bright, you wouldn't have this problem:>}
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torque values for oil change
Posted: Mon Jun 03, 2002 9:04 am
by Ted Palmer
guytal1 wrote:
> Can someone provide the correct torque values for the oil drain bolt
> and the 2 little bolts that hold the oil filter cover (I worry about
> these the most, I'm notorious for stripping small bolts).
Try 16.5 ft-lbs for the drain bolt and about 40 in-lbs for the filter
cover.
The filter cover bolts do not have to be real tight, the bolts are
only there to stop the cover falling out.
Mister_T
Melbourne Australia