leaky fuel tap

[rybes]

just been out to check on me bike after its long ol trip yesty and have found a huge puddle of petrol on the floor. its leakin out the airbox so im guessin a float problem. as the ful tap was turned off im guessin thats lettin fuel throo. does anyone know of a rebuild kit or do i have to buy a new fuel tap from triumph at 75 quid  :shock:
cheers all

[NeilD]

does anyone know of a rebuild kit

nope...  :(

have a quick search on here though as theres a thread about using one from an XT Yamaha or similar ?  I think GavD fitted one?  or a Pingel - same price as the triumph OEM one, but rebuildable, reliable and most importantly is shiney  :)

[D-Fuzz]

I just replaced the o-ring in mine last year.  It cost me 10 cent and hasn't leaked a drop since.  It might be worth a try before you buy something else.

[NeilD]

thought the O ring only stopped the leak out of the body of the tap rather than fuel getting through the tap into the carbs/airbox... ?

edit: Rybes. look here..

http://www.tigertriple.com/forum/viewto ... ght=#62398

[rybes]

cheers for the link neil. d fuzz, itr appears ive tried that but its leakin again. in the link neil sent i seem to have bragged about changin the o ring n it stopped leakin. didnt last too long tho :lol: so ill be lookin at it again when ive run out of petrol. have t wait till then, dont have enough cans to put a full tank in

[CoolHandLuke]

On the plus side, 45 MPG with a leak :)

[jwray76]

Not sure about the steamers petcock, but I am guessing it is vacuum actuated? If so and a spring keeps it normally closed it may be just the spring has gotten a bit compressed. On my old Suzuki this was the problem and all I had to do was remove the spring and stretch it out a bit and re-install. Then it had enough pressure to keep it closed again and no more problems.

Of course if your floats aren't sticking they should stop it from overflowing anyways. right?

[Mustang]

Not sure about the steamers petcock, but I am guessing it is vacuum actuated?

nope ............it's more primitive ............... :D

[rybes]

On the plus side, 45 MPG with a leak :)

good point  :D  now off out to go take it apart n see what i can find

[R0B]

I've been looking for fuel taps for a while......and I've bought a few......the latest was a fancy vacuum tap from a 400 suzuki..........as it happens, I've now found a cheap suitable tap that's genuine OEM Yamaha stuff for around £20 delivered from the states. I'm pleased with it, and it should last forever.

Yam part number is 2GU-24500-02-00 which was advertised as a YAMAHA TTR250 WR250F 99-06 FUEL PETCOCK GAS TANK SWITCH

The seller has been excellent, and I'm sure if you look on ebay.com, you'll find the guy. £20 well spent........now I just need to sell all my spares :-)

Rob

[MtheTiger]

Yam part number is 2GU-24500-02-00 which was advertised as a YAMAHA TTR250 WR250F 99-06 FUEL PETCOCK GAS TANK SWITCH

Great !
Is this a ready fit to the steamer tank?
That would B very nice because mine's keeps leaking (drippin') like an old fart with a prostate condition allthough I have fitted a new (!) petcock

Cheers

M

[R0B]

I'll take a picture and post it up here

Rob

[MtheTiger]

Thank you Sir, this would B most appreciated !

[R0B]

I've done about 1300 miles on this, and it works a treat. No fuel starvation, as the outlet is the same size as the Tiger and when you forget to turn it on, the bike actually stops :-)

[fishnbiker]

Wow! It's help like this that will become ore important to us all as these old Steamers start to age. My old beast has so many similar mods I hardly recognize it when looking at a stock Steamer.

Thanks for sharing this one,