Curing my fuel leak.

Getting the pumbing right for your Diesel fuel feed..

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Curing my fuel leak.

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Spent the afternoon trying to fix a persistant fuel leak. Pressure down the return feed to the tank was causing a drip at the tap. Took me a while to figure it was coming from the underside of the tap!
Anyway, I chopped the return feed and fitted another fuel tap to isolate the tank completely. Annoyingly the new tap weeps a bit when I took the bike out. Does this diesel stuff get through everything out there :?: It's bound to get worse when I fill up.
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In an ideal world I think it should have been routed to a T piece the other side of the original fuel tap. I'd have done this but it would mean I'd have to find a reducer for another part of the system and I didn't have one to hand. A job for another Sunday afternoon I think :D
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all dieselcars I´ve had have leaked little. Mostly just and just noticeably places and just enough to achieve smell. Does Yours drip?
that should do it
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Why fuel taps?? as long as the fuel tank pressure is lower than de opening pressure of your injector(s) , no chance the combustion chamber will get flooded :-)
If it is to be able to remove the tank without emptying , quick release couplings are a good alternative
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Yep it drips a bit when running. Never mind, one of those things. Good thing the mpg figures are so good - may lose a fair bit over time i reckon :?

Yes Nanko, I think that if I ever re-plum the pipework on this bike a rethink would be in order as regards couplings. I suspect I will probably part company with this particular bike before that happens though :D I have my eye on trying to accquire a 950 Ruggerini RE. But it could go either way at the moment :? I'll find out come March I think :lol:
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Take dripping as fuelgauge. As long it drips You have some left. :roll:
that should do it
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