silver12r
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posted July 17, 2005 01:52 PM
ZX-10R fuel smell....
Allright, I've got an '04 CA ZX-10R and my right arm just above the elbow starts getting cold and wet around 130 ( a few drops here and there, just enough to notice - not a torrent). I just filled up, so maybe it's overflow into the canister...but even when it's idling I can smell a few whiffs of fuel. I didn't over fill it.
Is this normal or should I start carrying an extinguisher with me?
  
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ikezixxer
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posted July 17, 2005 04:46 PM
Why would your arm get cold and wet? My zx10r is the same. I can smell gas also.
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silver12r
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posted July 17, 2005 06:08 PM
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Why would your arm get cold and wet? My zx10r is the same. I can smell gas also.
My guess is that it's coming from the charcoal canister next to my arm. Wet from the gas, cold from fuels fast evaporation. Coolant is wet but it'll burn the hell out of you, water is just wet.
Thanks for the input. If you can smell gas on yours too it makes me feel better about it. I just went on a 100 mile run and after I'd been through about half a tank the smell went away. I'm pretty sure now that it's the CA emissions crap that's causing it.
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TedG
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posted July 17, 2005 06:36 PM
Those things can get gas in them and they will smell. And being forward as they are just makes matters worse. The best thing is to get rid of it. Saves weight, and that just may be the perfect place for a radar detector. Hmmm. Removing it requires, finding the vacuum operated valve and plugging the vacuum source. Then just routing vent lines like the 48 state version.
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silver12r
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posted July 17, 2005 10:19 PM
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Those things can get gas in them and they will smell. And being forward as they are just makes matters worse. The best thing is to get rid of it. Saves weight, and that just may be the perfect place for a radar detector. Hmmm. Removing it requires, finding the vacuum operated valve and plugging the vacuum source. Then just routing vent lines like the 48 state version.
I was thinking about doing that until I saw that guy with the collapsed tank :-) That'll be my first order of business on Saturday.... Thanks for the tip.
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fish_antlers
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posted July 18, 2005 05:45 AM
oh yeah.... that was a classic! bring that topic back to the top fer us!
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