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Old 05-08-2008   #15 (permalink)
gregp
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Yes, that is what I was trying to suggest. I have owned many motorcycles and you would be surprised how many times I have come across clogged cap vents. The last one was on an '85 Honda Interceptor. The one before that was on a Craftsman lawn tractor. There are many different designs of fuel tank cap vents. Some just have plastic or steel baffles, some have a ball type check valve, and the Interceptor had a small plastic diaphram. I have not had any trouble with the cap vent on my T-3C, so I am unfamiliar with its design. You can get most caps apart to some degree, and remedy the clogged vent, but every once in a while I end up removing parts altogether and leaving them out, or passing a drill bit through the cap it some convenient area. As long as fuel does not splash out on to the tank, and it can breath, all is good.
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