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How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:22 pm
by BigEasy
I need to pull my tank for a repaint after I gouged the left side by not paying attention to the bracket clearance for my Barkbusters. I have about a gallon of gas in the tank, how does one go about draining it? Thanks Keith
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 5:14 am
by ka5ysy
Pull the tank (watch for the wiring harness and tank disconnects), and dump it. The bolt holding it in the mount is on the left side of the bike (port side!) under the plastic trim on that side. Remove the trim on the right (starboard) side too.
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:18 am
by boxermoose
You can take a 1/2 of a quick disconnect with a length of hose and use the fuel pump to get most of it
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 12:37 pm
by BigEasy
Thanks guys. I've mellowed over my overreaction to immediately paint the tank. When I did it it was under a canopy at night and it appeared to have gone down to bare metal. Upon further inspection in the sunlight it just chipped the black down to the white primer. I may just live with it so I don't have to worry about keeping it pristine.
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:04 pm
by sky_sailor
Place large funnel into gas tank on lawn mower. Remove tank from bike. Invert open tank over large funnel.
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:08 pm
by lewellen
BigEasy wrote:Thanks guys. I've mellowed over my overreaction to immediately paint the tank. When I did it it was under a canopy at night and it appeared to have gone down to bare metal. Upon further inspection in the sunlight it just chipped the black down to the white primer. I may just live with it so I don't have to worry about keeping it pristine.
If you keep it that way, make sure you wash, dry and wax it regularly.
You might not have gone down to bare metal, but the exposed surface still isn't meant to be seeing the elements 24/7. Keeping a good coat of wax on there is cheap insurance.
Good roads,
- Lewellen
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 7:29 pm
by BigEasy
Thanks for the heads up Lewellen. But I am aware of what you're saying. I had heard in the past that primers can be (uuuhhhh, can't think of the $0.25 word right now, hydro somthing) very susceptible to wicking water. At a minimum I'll get a bottle of touch up paint to dob on it. But I'm afraid that the more I look at it the more it'll bug me and it'll get painted over the winter.
Re: How to Drain the Fuel Tank
Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 10:19 pm
by djskriff
Hygroscopic I think is the word you're looking for.
(and yes, I just dropped my pocket protector, chemistry geek edition...)
