22-04-12, 01:29 PM
(21-04-12, 09:11 PM)AdieR link Wrote: I've heard that theory of fuel being denser when cool, not convinced it's a good thing though (assuming of course it works) - there's always that thought that if you've brimmed the tank, and it expands, it has to go somewhere (ie, you might find it leaks from vent pipes etc)...I can confirm that theory. :'( Filled the car early one morning and left it parked on the drive in full sun, a few hours later came out to discover fuel squirting out around the filler cap. These days I only brim it if I'm going to be driving at least a dozen miles immediately.
Probably not a problem on the bike, that filler tube at the top of the tank stops you over-filling unless you're patient enough to keep dribbling the stuff in until the pinhole in the side is drowned.