getting more fuel in the tank?

[Paulfzs]

yeah i know that one! when i was younger i took a match to an empty petrol can, was like a jet engine cooked my thumb lol, skin fell off like chicken.

[limax2]

WARNING WARNING WARNING
Well mind and vent your tank really well or have a fire extinguisher real handy as it's the petrol vapours that burns and not the actual liquid, vapours will still be present for ages after emptying your tank of fuel.

An old trick to do a quick tank repair at the race track was to run the van exhaust through the tank for a short while to clear the petrol vapours.

[Paulfzs]

[quote author=sinto607276 link=topic=16430.msg189181#msg189181 date=1427780844]
WARNING WARNING WARNING
Well mind and vent your tank really well or have a fire extinguisher real handy as it's the petrol vapours that burns and not the actual liquid, vapours will still be present for ages after emptying your tank of fuel.

An old trick to do a quick tank repair at the race track was to run the van exhaust through the tank for a short while to clear the petrol vapours.
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^^ works well

[slimwilly]

The aim of this project seems to be to lessen the air expansion gap kept at the top of the tank,,the one problem you could encounter is fuel expansion from heat,sunshine, so if you fill tank to top ,,then get riding to use the expansion amount before it go's through the overflow.

[Pal]

This is the biggest bugbear with my Fazer, I can spend about five minutes waiting for the bubbles so I can squeeze another litre or two in.

I thought of carrying a little S shaped tube to vent the top of the tank when filling up.

[bigralphie]

i can get more fuel into the tank of my ZZR1400 now I have quick release fuel cap

[sinto607276]

The aim of this project seems to be to lessen the air expansion gap kept at the top of the tank,,the one problem you could encounter is fuel expansion from heat,sunshine, so if you fill tank to top ,,then get riding to use the expansion amount before it go's through the overflow.

It's great this thread as it's got different views, which is always a good thing in a forum ;-)
Just had to laugh at the above statement about getting heat and sunshine! Not in cold & wet Glasgow lol

[stevierst]

I've done this mod to all three of my 600's, and covered over 100,000 miles on them with no problems, explosions, fuel spillage, shift in the earths magnetic flux etc.....

I made life a bit simpler though, instead of drilling it, I used a tapered centre punch and gently tapped this into the tiny air hole until it opened up to 5-6mm.

Never had a problem with it, don't know what all you drama queens are getting into a fuss about.

[sinto607276]

I've done this mod to all three of my 600's, and covered over 100,000 miles on them with no problems, explosions, fuel spillage, shift in the earths magnetic flux etc.....

I made life a bit simpler though, instead of drilling it, I used a tapered centre punch and gently tapped this into the tiny air hole until it opened up to 5-6mm.

Never had a problem with it, don't know what all you drama queens are getting into a fuss about.

Excellent,  so I wasn't wrong after all, brill idea with the centre punch :-)

[Sannox]

Is it worth it for the amount of petrol you'd get extra, a litre maybe? Still laughing at the skin dropping off like a chicken comment!!! Personally, why bother, your fuel light comes on, find a petrol station  :lol As for swarf in the tank......

[stevierst]

It just gives you an extra 2 litres of fuel. 25 miles or so extra to a tank. A little less fling up.

But you don't have to do it if you don't want to

[fazersharp]

I never fill right up as a tank of petrol weighs about as much as I do !