Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
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
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
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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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
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
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
it may well be the retainer off the float for the fuel level sensor.mactat2 wrote: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
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
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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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
that ain't part of the choke cable is it, looks like the end bit?
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
No, your thinking of the knurled bit at the front that sits under the rubber.hat ain't part of the choke cable is it, looks like the end bit?
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
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
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
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take as much as you can out of teh tank, then you will be able to get a bit more petrol in
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
i wonder if it's a piece of a petrol pump?
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Re: Plastic piece rattling round my fuel tank
Whatever it is, it's fuel resistant.
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