Hello fellow Busa owners, I am in need of some advice. My Busa sat for 2 years with a full tank of fuel + stabilizer. I
recently got it running, about 1 tank of fuel in, bike is cutting
out, stalling - obviously fuel starvation. I took the tank off
and removed the fuel pump and inspected the fuel filter, the
tank has a lot of what looks like rust flakes. i removed the
sender unit and fuel screen assembly - both quite rusty. I
opened all ports on the tank and flushed the tank with garden
hose - lots of muck came out. I will clean out all neccesary
parts, but is this enough? Someone recommended that I
send the tank out to a radiator shop who will flush the tank
and then apply a sealant to the inside of the tank. Is this a good idea? one of my friends did this with an old kawasaki, and within 2 years the coating started flaking of and plugging up the fuel system. I removed and inspected the fuel filter, looks like the debris didn't go that far into the system - I think that long narrow screen assembly in the tank did a good job. i can't believe that all that debris occured within 2 years,
I couldn't ride it because of a divorce, lucky to have kept the
bike period. Sorry for the long winded post, any help would be
greatly appreciated. Oh yeah and if rubber side down is
listening, it's me Paul from Sooke.
recently got it running, about 1 tank of fuel in, bike is cutting
out, stalling - obviously fuel starvation. I took the tank off
and removed the fuel pump and inspected the fuel filter, the
tank has a lot of what looks like rust flakes. i removed the
sender unit and fuel screen assembly - both quite rusty. I
opened all ports on the tank and flushed the tank with garden
hose - lots of muck came out. I will clean out all neccesary
parts, but is this enough? Someone recommended that I
send the tank out to a radiator shop who will flush the tank
and then apply a sealant to the inside of the tank. Is this a good idea? one of my friends did this with an old kawasaki, and within 2 years the coating started flaking of and plugging up the fuel system. I removed and inspected the fuel filter, looks like the debris didn't go that far into the system - I think that long narrow screen assembly in the tank did a good job. i can't believe that all that debris occured within 2 years,
I couldn't ride it because of a divorce, lucky to have kept the
bike period. Sorry for the long winded post, any help would be
greatly appreciated. Oh yeah and if rubber side down is
listening, it's me Paul from Sooke.