HD Forums Australia
Home
Topics

fuel pissin' out the connector

  • ralphski
    ralphski
    6 years ago
    finally finished putting the bike together, and moment comes around to fire it up.
    hit the starter, fires up within 4 sec's.
    because i was standing on the right hand side of the bike, i didn't notice fuel pissin' out from the check valve / fuel line.
    quickly shut down the engine, WTF.
    when i switch the ignition on fuel still pissin' out the connection.
    thoughts boys ????????


    Fuel.JPG
    P1020647.JPG
    P1020648.JPG
  • FLHuTChU
    FLHuTChU
    6 years ago
    There is an 'O' ring in the connection which gets damaged/ lost Ralph, Disconnect it and make sure the o ring is still in there and undamaged.
  • ralphski
    ralphski
    6 years ago
    that's what i'm thinking Hutch, the o-ring looked ok, but i'll change it out anyway.
  • binnsy
    binnsy
    6 years ago
    Had the same problem with my bike when I had the tank off, i actually put some rubber seal on the o ring that I use for the orings on my pool pipe connections and fixed it straight away.  You can buy it from Clarke Rubber, not sure if its the right thing to do but it hasn't leaked since.  Changing the o ring is a bitch, very fiddly.  
  • DocGreen
    DocGreen
    6 years ago
    Ralphski, are you sure the outer collar is all the way down over the hose fitting? Bit hard to tell from the photo mate, but possibly the hose isn't inserted fully into the quick connect. Worth checking your O ring anyway while apart again.

    DocGreen
  • Hound_Dog
    Hound_Dog
    6 years ago
    Small O_Ring inside the female sie of the connector body  14/10/2mm. Available at any engineering supply shop. Tricky to change. Use a seal pick to remove an a small 1/4" drive socket that just fits in the bore to push the new one squarely into place...lube it well with red rubber grease or similar
Topics