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Scooters - 125 to 300 => People GT 300i => Topic started by: boo on May 19, 2013, 08:32:44 PM
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Out riding today. Filled tank before coming home.
When I went back outside to go again, there was a small puddle on the left side of my scoot. Had it parked on the side stand.
I had over filled my tank and gas bypassed the cap somehow. I filled to the cross bar. Guess that was too full.
I`ll be more careful in the future.
I knew better but, guess I wasn`t thinking. Gas dripping on a hot rear brake could be a problem.
I knew you are not supposed to overfill motor scooters but, I am surprised the gas cap let the gas escape so easy.
Anyhow, be careful.
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That sometimes happened with the Honda Nighthawk I used to have. When I filled the tank when the bike was hot, and then parked it, the hot engine would heat up the cold gas and make it expand and overflow the tank. Those air cooled 4 cylinder engines in the Nighthawks got very hot.
I would think that the liquid cooled GT engine wouldn't get hot enough to do this.
Probably the angle of your bike on the side stand putting the fuel closer to the top of the fill hole was enough for the small amount of heat expansion to make the fuel overflow a bit.
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Careful with that as you can flood the carbon canister and have troubles starting and running...