Return of the evo petrol fountain

SunEye · 30-09-2013, 12:55 AM

11 months and 3,500 miles after it last happened my evo's petrol fountain as mentioned in this thread http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=45975 is back.

Today I rode to Ace Cafe from Bognor Regis, with a brief stop in Horsham. As last time my temperature gauge was one bar from the top (176 C to 190 C) for most of my South Circular and North Circular route, that was about 30 to 45 minutes. When I got to the Ace Cafe just for a joke I decided to open my fuel cap because the last time I rode there was when I experienced my last fuel fountain. Lo and behold it happened again. It was quite a fountain of fuel. It was so strong that I struggled to close the fuel cap on it. That was a lot of pressure that had built up in the tank. The marshalls at the Ace Cafe came to my assistance with a bowl of water and some paper napkins to clean the petrol from my bike.

I'll be speaking to Pro Twins tomorrow, but I have to say I am very unhappy about the situation. It is very very dangerous. If the spilt fuel had ignited I (and others close to me) could have been seriously injured. I don't think that I will be happy until the whole fuel tank, fuel pump and associated pipe work is replaced.

30-09-2013, 12:55 AM	#1
SunEye Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Bognor Regis Bike: Other Ducati Posts: 589	Return of the evo petrol fountain 11 months and 3,500 miles after it last happened my evo's petrol fountain as mentioned in this thread http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...ad.php?t=45975 is back. Today I rode to Ace Cafe from Bognor Regis, with a brief stop in Horsham. As last time my temperature gauge was one bar from the top (176 C to 190 C) for most of my South Circular and North Circular route, that was about 30 to 45 minutes. When I got to the Ace Cafe just for a joke I decided to open my fuel cap because the last time I rode there was when I experienced my last fuel fountain. Lo and behold it happened again. It was quite a fountain of fuel. It was so strong that I struggled to close the fuel cap on it. That was a lot of pressure that had built up in the tank. The marshalls at the Ace Cafe came to my assistance with a bowl of water and some paper napkins to clean the petrol from my bike. I'll be speaking to Pro Twins tomorrow, but I have to say I am very unhappy about the situation. It is very very dangerous. If the spilt fuel had ignited I (and others close to me) could have been seriously injured. I don't think that I will be happy until the whole fuel tank, fuel pump and associated pipe work is replaced.