06-03-2019, 10:59 AM
Hi Darren,
I had a similar issue with my sports, it was not leaking but was full of rust and snot. I made the mistake of filling it direct from the bowser and the fuel gun stirred up years of sediment and 500m down the road I stopped with a blocked carby.
I pulled the tank out I got rid of the worst muck by dropping in a few handfuls of nuts and bolts and rattling them around, then rising out. It took a few repeats of this before I stopped getting flakes of rust out.
I then used a product called KBS motorcycle fuel tank sealer repair kit (from ebay) and it's worked a treat. From memory it was a three stage process but didn’t take long.
It cost less than $100 and since then I’ve done a few thousand km without any issue.
I had a similar issue with my sports, it was not leaking but was full of rust and snot. I made the mistake of filling it direct from the bowser and the fuel gun stirred up years of sediment and 500m down the road I stopped with a blocked carby.
I pulled the tank out I got rid of the worst muck by dropping in a few handfuls of nuts and bolts and rattling them around, then rising out. It took a few repeats of this before I stopped getting flakes of rust out.
I then used a product called KBS motorcycle fuel tank sealer repair kit (from ebay) and it's worked a treat. From memory it was a three stage process but didn’t take long.
It cost less than $100 and since then I’ve done a few thousand km without any issue.
Steve & Tate Davidson
Perpetual Amateur Austineers
Perpetual Amateur Austineers