12-04-20, 01:16 PM
(12-04-20, 12:46 PM)grahound link Wrote: Has anyone modded a 98 fazer fuel tank opening to help stop the airlock when filling?It takes ages to get the last litre in.
Yes, many times, you can also get the extra 2 litres of fuel the 00 model has. Just drill the small hole out to 5mm in the filler neck, and fill until you see it's level with the hole. The 00 model just had a shorter filler neck, which does the same thing.
CAUTION, CAUTION when you drill out the hole you MUST empty the tank and fill it with exhaust fumes from a diesel/petrol engine, or you risk EXPLOSION of fuel vapour from hot swarf off the drill. Assuming you've got a car or something, run a pipe into the tank, run the engine for about 10mins ish it will expel all the petrol vapour and drill.
You have to drill at a slight angle unless you've got a small angle drill head. Use a cocktail umbrella (or something similar) with a lengthen shaft and increased edge, to catch the swarf, push in open.
WARNING know of owners who just drilled, with fuel in the tank who then lost their eyebrows, hair, tank and burnt the bike! Don't say I didn't tell you.
Later