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andym
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PostPosted: 14:24 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: frozen petrol... Reply with quote
I went to get a photo of the clutch pack on my bike, as I was about to leave the garage I noticed this on my temporary petrol tank setup.

I thought the petrol had just crystalised, but I took it off and it started melting.
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doggone
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's not frozen petrol, a similar process is occurring to what makes a fridge work - change of state from liquid to vapour (gas)
You're looking at frost on a chilled surface.
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PostPosted: 15:27 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just warm it up with a lighter.

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andym
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PostPosted: 15:46 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanks Mister, I'll try that later Very Happy

What's the worst that could happen?
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PostPosted: 16:03 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
andym wrote:


What's the worst that could happen?


Maybe a huge explosion Laughing
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m1tch
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Petrol freezes at -60C lol where did you leave your bike? Rolling Eyes
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weasley
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PostPosted: 16:56 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
It suggests you have a fuel leak at that point - as said above, it is caused by the evaporation of fuel taking heat out of the air as it does it - any moisture condenses and, in this weather, freezes. Somewhere around there fuel is evaporating and if it isn't supposed to be evaporating there, then it's a leak.
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andym
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PostPosted: 17:26 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
It could be that I've just stuffed one pipe into the other because I'm too lazy to connect it all up properly, that and I'm still in the process of coating the inside of the proper tank with a sealant.

My mistake for not switching the petrol off last night...
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PostPosted: 17:32 - 05 Feb 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a leak as said above.

You might be too lazy to do it right but you'll be cured of that when your bike goes up in a ball of flame Smile
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