Fuel, out of the key hole?

[nitrosurf]

I'm sat here trying to watch TNG, drink some merlot and whine (ha) at the BCF massiiiive... And they say blokes can't multi-task...

Anyway, I changed the bike's fuel filter and dodgy fuel lines/breathers the other day. The bike is running super awesome like a ballistic missile; way better than before (and it wasn't a slouch). Buuuut, it was doing this weird thing before the repair job whereby it was spitting fuel out of the key hole of the fuel filler lock. Even after the job, it's doing the same thing... It's not enough to make me worry about losing fuel, but it's a) making me smell a bit petrolly (a real word, honest), and b) concerned over the paint on my fuel tank should any run out of the lock...

Sounds like a pressure/breather problem, but I just replaced the hoses!

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[jaffa90]

What bike are you talking about?
((((((((((Sounds like a pressure/breather problem )))))))))).

[iooi]

After providing the above info....


STOP filling it so full.....

Are you sure its petrol?

When you did the breather pipe, did you reem out the holes, make sure it's not kinked anywhere?
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[Rogerborg]

[nitrosurf]

Thanks for the replies:

Bike is a Ducati ST4.

She only had about a third of a tank in, as I didn't want to overdo it immediately after the filter and hose change. I made sure the new lines couldn't kink when I fed the pump unit back in, but I didn't do as you suggest to the holes they mate with...

'The Drumhead'. I'm re-watching all of them from the beginning with 'er indoors. She's gone from saying TNG is pants to being completely hooked...

Oh, and yes it is fuel coming out of the keyhole. I did the Due South test...


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[nitrosurf]

Maybe... Did you have a conversation with me about how Simmons sounds like Miss Penelope from Thunderbirds...?

Maybe this is a reflection of the life we think we have...'In a forum, darkly'...

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https://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m174/howlingterror_2006/2A7F2BA9-B592-45D1-BD72-0A0FFFB7847A_zpsv6cs4hb2.jpg

This is how mine looks.
If you've already checked the breather then maybe time to dismantle the lock.
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[nitrosurf]

https://i1243.photobucket.com/albums/gg555/jinlunchop/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20161001_120445930_zpssryhfmro.jpg

There it be!

The fuel seems to be entering the lock via where the tang slides in/out. Strange it fills the lock barrel up though, you'd think it'd just drain back out...

Maybe you're right and it's lock dismantling time!


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[nitrosurf]

I forgot to post once I had this resolved. I pulled the lock apart and there was a gasket and washer fitted around the back side of the barrel. The gasket looked quite perished, so for want of a replacement part or anything the exact same size I removed the gasket and washer and forced in a o-ring that was the right inside diameter but was the size of the gasket and washer combined. It's intended to be a stop gap measure but no doubt as it's working i'll forget replace the o-ring with the correct bits...

Thanks again for the responses.

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