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OP - you have my sympathy, but please look for the obvious remedy here. I've looked at the pics of the Mutts. Obvious to me that, with the filler on the right side of the tank, if the fill-up is performed with the bike on the side stand, petrol will overflow once the bike is upright. Therefore ideal to fill with it on the centre stand, or while astride the bike. (but some filling stations take a dim view of this procedure)
My bike has a central filler, and no overflow pipe. I always fill the tank with the bike on the side stand, also only up as far as the bottom of the 'neck' extension. When I first had the bike, I was putting too much petrol in, ie just above that neck extension, and the fuel would 'capillary' out through the vent in the cap. Tef will know what I mean, as I think my tank is fairly similar to thiose on a few of the bikes he is familiar with!
Persevere OP, and hopefully you will get to enjoy the bike. ____________________ 82 not out....1983 Honda LA250 Custom
2008 Saab 9-3 1.9 Tid 150 Vector Sport estate
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Posted: 20:35 - 13 Nov 2018 Post subject: |
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I purchased the 250 Mutt for a quick 5-minute ride to work each day. I agree I shouldn't have purchased Chinese and have learnt a lesson here.
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Absolutely nothing to do with the country of origin
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There isn’t a centre stand on these bikes...
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You will find that is pretty much the norm now, no matter what manufacturer..
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and the fuel leak isn’t from the cap.
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Nobody has said it is.. Almost guaranteed to be the overflow pipe, have you found the overflow pipe, I'm guessing not ..
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I’m not an engineer ...
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NSS
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but the RAC couldn’t find the source either,
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The RAC staff are generally not very knowledgable when it comes to motorbikes..
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The RAC wouldn’t have taken the bike on the back of a flatbed truck for 1.5 hours
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Yes they would, they don't know what the fault is, and can't fix it at the road side.
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I also expected it should be an easy fix.
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As said before, it almost certainly doesn't need 'fixing', however, just to humour you ..
Have you checked the seals on the fuel pump, and the fuel level sensor ? I suspect not .. ____________________ Beware what photos you upload, or link to on here, especially if you have family members on them |
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This is the third time I've asked what the dealer said about the problem.
You obviously joined this forum specifically to share your displeasure about the dealer and his product and have referred to them as "cowboys" yet more than one member of the forum has the opposite experience of them. I'd imagine it would be in both your and their interests to find the solution to whatever the problem is that you're having
Someone WILL ask them if you don't tell us. This forum gets very high results on google searches, if there is a problem with these bikes or the dealer, people need to know. Equally, if there is not a problem, they need to know that too.
It would be great if we could help you to fix and enjoy your motorcycle. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 13:58 - 14 Nov 2018 Post subject: |
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If it's draining fuel into the airbox, it could be a vapour breather it's coming down.
If it was an older bike I'd wonder if there was a leaky float valve? However it'll be FI and I have only a very sketchy idea of how that works. Could a valve stick open in the fuel pump? ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 5 years, 148 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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