rydnseek
| Subject: Re: IMS 4.5 Gallon Tally! Mon May 13, 2013 6:47 pm | |
| Here's a peculiar update. First, i've put a lot of miles on my tank, with a lot of drops, scratches, & jostling. It 'takes a licking & keeps on ticking'. 2. the suction pump did not work at first. I got down to the wings, & ran out. I usually filled up before it got that low, anyway. But this last trip to moab, i was riding against the wind, & had worse than usual fuel economy. I couldn't see the level, but thought i had plenty to get to mexican hat, ut. I did, but the level was below the pump! For some reason, the vacuum pump started working without me taking it apart & fiddling with it.. something i had been planning on doing for a couple of years. | |
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Trailmoto
| Subject: Re: IMS 4.5 Gallon Tally! Mon May 13, 2013 7:03 pm | |
| I haven't ridden it long enough to see whether or not the vacuum pump is working properly but I plan on testing it in the next few days. | |
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Jdcooper
| Subject: Re: IMS 4.5 Gallon Tally! Tue May 28, 2013 8:12 am | |
| - crash a-ron wrote:
- My wife and I both got the 4.75 gallon tanks, and while mine (natural) seems to be ok so far, my wife's developed a leak at the brass bung on the lower LH side.
I called IMS and they said, "yeah, some of the early tanks did that- we'll send you out a replacement." OK, cool, I thought...
The new tank they sent has the same date stamp on the bottom, but obviously has some teflon tape around the threads on both the lower bungs.
Well, might as well try and see if it works, so I drained her (just filled of course) old tank, and got it off the bike. Once off, I noticed her old tank was also leaking a little at the fuel pump flange! Putting a straight edge on the mounting surface, it is obvious the tank has deformed a bit between every mounting screw, and caused the tank to leak in a very bad place. The viton o-ring supplied by IMS is in perfect shape, and shows impressions from the rough surface on the tank, but it was definitley leaking.
Before I go through the trouble of installing the new tank, has anyone else's been leaking? Should I try some sort of goop in addition to the oring? We've got vacation planned in a couple of weeks (my only one this year), and we need the range the big IMS provides...
Thanks- Aaron Same as mine, look here for the details: https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t6319-fixing-a-leaking-ims-tank | |
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