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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 10:18 AM
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Default stiillllllllllll fuel filling probz !!

cant seem to sort this one mite need sum new fuel pipes costly??

just doesnt seem to want to fill took me 25mins roughly to fill it up not impressed and the fuel gauge takes half an hour drivin to catch up on the fill still sum times says quater when im on full !!!!!

this probz grinding me to the max lol

also when i fill it,it makes a gulping sound and now the caps removed theres no ssshhhhttt sound as i open the cap could there be sumsort of air lock ???
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 11:00 AM
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ur breathers are blocked by the sounds of it.
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 12:38 PM
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Did you change the fuel filler cap?
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Old Nov 25, 2005 | 06:22 PM
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yep removed em nitemare
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Old Nov 28, 2005 | 06:47 PM
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Then as suggested could be blocked breather pipe.
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 12:50 AM
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could be a blocked breather?
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Old Nov 29, 2005 | 08:09 AM
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o no how much would that be to sort ?
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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not a great deal, tank will need draining and dropping, maybe 2 hrs work
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 06:58 PM
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could a normal garage carry out this work i thought the breather pipes mite have been bloked or sumthing
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Old Dec 9, 2005 | 07:37 PM
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hi mate had this problem on my rst. To be honest i took it to a mate of mine at the garage and disconnected the fuel pipes from the tank and blew the pipes out only problem is he also wasted 1litre of petrol in the process but the problem never came back took around 15mins
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