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British Bikes / Re: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ETHANOL
« on: May 16, 2011, 06:52:20 PM »
BikerBob.

Once again, Many thanks. Your comments/advice have eased a lot of my concerns.  It would appear that at 78 the confidence in my abilities has waned a bit.  It's taken me a couple of years to prepare this machine ready for the road and this hiccup is a bit of a setback.

Mick.

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British Bikes / Re: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ETHANOL
« on: May 16, 2011, 08:28:42 AM »
To BikerBob.

Many thanks for taking the time out to reply, much appreciated.

I'll order the kit1 and have a go, if things go pear shaped it will not be any worse than it is now, lol.
Just a final question if I may. As I have only just had the tank resprayed, will this stuff have any adverse effects on the new paintwork should I be hamfisted enough to get some on it ?  It was done with "Twin pack or 2 pack" whatever it was called.

Once again, many thanks for your feedback. I feel a lot happier now that I know I might not have to fork our for a new tank.

Mick.

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British Bikes / Re: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ETHANOL
« on: May 15, 2011, 10:46:53 AM »
To BikerBob.

Hi.  Thanks for the info. Have looked on their site and it would appear that their product would solve my problem.
Just out of curiosity, which pack did you use?  Have looked at " Kit 1" and "Kit 2" ( bit pricey but cheaper than a new tank, lol.)
Me being way past the " sell by date", is it a comparatively easy job to do?

Regards.
Mick

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British Bikes / Re: NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF ETHANOL
« on: May 13, 2011, 07:35:41 PM »
Hi.  I have read this thread with great interest. I have a 1965 Triumph 3TA and I have been experiencing the problems that have been described in the replies to the original post, ie: fuel taking the paint off of the tank, problems with the slide, float sticking, jets blocked, sticky valves, etc. Upon stripping the carb I found everything was covered with a sticky substance. After further investigating I found that, at sometime in its life, the inside of the tank has been coated with some sort of sealer. This has started to deteriorate and lumps peeling off. Until I read this , I almost bought a new carb ( £160, ouch, that's more than my weeks pension ). Now I realise that the problems could well be caused by Ethanol in the fuel. Short of cutting the bottom out of the tank to get rid of all this muck, can anyone suggest an easier way? Bearing in mind that I have just had the tank re-sprayed ( an arm and a leg, lol.)
I don't really mind stripping the engine and carb to get rid of this sticky stuff but mucking about cutting holes in the tank is a bit much for me.


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