Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank

[mactat2]

Hi All, drained my tank tonight ready for painting and when you shook it something was rattling round inside? finally managed to fish it out and its a piece of black plastic that looks very similar in shape and size to an aerosol nozzle. Question is, is it supposed to be attached to something inside the tank or could it be something that had fallen in at some point in the bikes life? i'll post a pic up shortly
cheers

[VTRDark]

It might be a datatag microchip thing that can be thrown inside the tank. Is it Black plastic and round about the size of a 1/2 pence.

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[darkember]

Had the previous owner sprayed it for the winter hibernation and accidentally knocked the nozzle off. Mind you not a bad place for the microchip as long as its fuel resistant

[neil]

Its a widget for when your fizzing along

[benny hedges]

Hi All, drained my tank tonight ready for painting and when you shook it something was rattling round inside? finally managed to fish it out and its a piece of black plastic that looks very similar in shape and size to an aerosol nozzle. Question is, is it supposed to be attached to something inside the tank or could it be something that had fallen in at some point in the bikes life? i'll post a pic up shortly
cheers

it may well be the retainer off the float for the fuel level sensor.

[mactat2]

Thanks for the response guys, like the widget idea the bike is data tagged so I think it could be that, its definatly no a nozzle (just the same shape and size) and the bikes a 98 so no fuel level sender just the reserve gizmo

here it is.........

[VTRDark]

That's different from the datatag chip I had. Has it not got any markings on it Nope, don't know what that is, don't recognise it. A mystery part.

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[agentpineapple]

that ain't part of the choke cable is it, looks like the end bit?

[VTRDark]

hat ain't part of the choke cable is it, looks like the end bit?

No, your thinking of the knurled bit at the front that sits under the rubber.

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[benny hedges]

The pre-facelift storms have a float switch.. the later ones have a float rheostat...
I think thats part of the float.
The bit that stops the float falling off the wire bit.
If i was u id take it out and have a look cos its probably in pieces

[VTRDark]

This is what the later storm floats look like.






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[AMCQ46]

take as much as you can out of teh tank, then you will be able to get a bit more petrol in

[benny hedges]

i wonder if it's a piece of a petrol pump?

[VTRDark]

Whatever it is, it's fuel resistant.

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[mactat2]

haha it would appear to be a datatag chip holder, so I guess the chips still in there somewhere?