Is there a quick fix for this? I tried the search and got nothing. I get a small leak from my gas cap whe I ride. Not too much but enough to drip down the tank.
You are correct, sir. If it were not vented, as the fuel flowed out of the tank, it would develop a vacuum and the fuel flow would stop.The cap is vented.
Here you go...Is there a quick fix for this? I tried the search and got nothing.
Inner tube rubber also dissolves in petroleum products. I have personally done this to prove a point. Leather and cork aren't too bad. But when I built my tank out of a softball bat, I realized I would need to make my own vented gas cap.Leather makes for a decent gas cap gasket material. Inner tube rubber will eventually swell up to almost twice it's original size.
Edit: Sheet cork, available in hobby stores, also works very well.
Heres a guy who does NOT fool around , Ima fan of the get a bigger hammer alignment system as well .to solve the problem, take your cap off and set in on a hard concrete or metal surface.
next, take a BFHammer and hit it as many times as you want. (note: cap must be hit as hard as possible.) (note 2: cap will try to retaliate by bouncing up and hitting you in the face. wear proper protection.)
step three. dispose of cap properly.
that will solve the problem of the leaky gas cap, but opens up another problem. "where do i find a new gas cap?"