Re: Fuel capacity discrepancy

Posted by sgtslag on Aug 24, 2011; 1:19pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Fuel-capacity-discrepancy-tp3279870p3280942.html

If it were my bike, I would throw out the screen, and add an in-line paper filter:  catches finer particles; easily checked, and replaced; cannot corrode.  My '79 had a screen from the factory, but one of the PO's removed it...  When I discovered that I had no filter at all, I put an in-line one on it.  No worries or issues since.

I would also recommend you SeaFoam that tank, and fuel system, if you have not already:  will dissolve varnish deposits, throughout the fuel system.  It will not harm, but it will do plenty of good, for the fuel system.  The prescription is:  1 oz. of SeaFoam per gallon of gasoline; 1 oz. of SeaFoam per quart of oil (in the crankcase -- check oil frequently, change oil and filter as soon as the oil darkens with sludge freed from the engine/transmission!).  Sorry if I'm preaching to the choir, but this stuff is fantastic, in my experiences.  Use it every Fall for winterizing the bikes for the long sleep until Spring:  top off the tank, add 1 oz. of SeaFoam per gallon of gasoline, stabilizes it, prevents varnish formation -- starts, runs perfectly in the Spring, after sitting for 3+ months.  Cheers!