This may sound weird but the air locking of the fuel line has me boggled. I am thinking of running a T in the line after the petcock with a fuel line up to the bars above the tank and adding a loop to keep shit out of it to vent the line. In theory this should work to get the trapped air out all the time without spilling gas everywhere. Anyone see a reason it won't work. Like the float bowl level check using fuel lines. or the old skool tank side fuel gauges. Gas will only travel up until it hits the level in the tank but vent the damn line?? let me know if I'm nuts. if not I'm going to try it tonight.
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Can I vent the Fuel line instead of the tank???
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have you extracted the tall petcock screen for a good cleaning and flushed out the tank ?
you shouldn't need an extra vent, find the problem, use compressed air to blow through the tank vent in the filler cap.Last edited by squirrelman; 08-10-2022, 05:38 PM."It's only getting worse."
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Originally Posted by squirrelman View Posthave you extracted the tall petcock screen for a good cleaning and flushed out the tank ?
you shouldn't need an extra vent, find the problem, use compressed air to blow through the tank vent in the filler cap.
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If you can't find the source of the air lock then maybe it isn't air lock at all.
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Sounds like the problem I was having. I replaced some older fuel lines, pump and cleared out tank vent. When I say cleared out tank vent I really cleared it out. Actually blew the black plastic part right off the cap on accident. Put it back together and no more problems. When it would die on me I would pull over, open the cap (never hissed) and 5 min later it would start up and run 15 min or so and do it again.
One other thing I did was remove the ground on the rear brake resevoir bracket and really cleaned it up and reinstalled.
Good luck. Keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by 6 View PostI would say chase down the issue and don't T the line. The system works as designed. Im all for modding for performance or simplicity or even looks, but modification as to avoid fixing a problem just doesn't sit right with me.
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Originally Posted by squirrelman View Posthave you extracted the tall petcock screen for a good cleaning and flushed out the tank ?
you shouldn't need an extra vent, find the problem, use compressed air to blow through the tank vent in the filler cap.
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Originally Posted by Maritime View Post
No screen on the petcock, it wouldn't fit. Inline filter to catch crap. that being said I can shine a light into the tank and see the petcock is clear and it flows like mad when you test it without hooking up to the pump.Don't spend money and buy, spend time and learn.
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That line could be pulling closed?
Isn't the stock line covered by a spring to prevent that?
Could that line be leaking at the pump inlet and drawing in air without causing an outward fuel leak?
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