The Magic School Bus
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Hi y'all, the bike is a 2005. It was sold to me with an aftermarket gas cap without a lock and I replaced it with one that locks.
The problem is that I can't tell if it needs to have a seal around the opening because there is clearly a gap between the wall of the recess for the cap frame and the cap frame itself. There is in fact a rubber seal around the part of the cap that covers the filler opening but there are two other small holes outside of that sealed opening and I'm having trouble finding info about where exactly they lead. The aftermarket cap that I replaced did not have a seal but I know the previous owner at least kept the bike garaged. I have to park my bike outside and I live in Florida where it rains a lot and often. I do cover it at home but it's going to get wet from time to time. I just want to make sure that I'm keeping water from entering my fuel tank, so I am considering using rubber to make a seal ring. Thoughts?
The problem is that I can't tell if it needs to have a seal around the opening because there is clearly a gap between the wall of the recess for the cap frame and the cap frame itself. There is in fact a rubber seal around the part of the cap that covers the filler opening but there are two other small holes outside of that sealed opening and I'm having trouble finding info about where exactly they lead. The aftermarket cap that I replaced did not have a seal but I know the previous owner at least kept the bike garaged. I have to park my bike outside and I live in Florida where it rains a lot and often. I do cover it at home but it's going to get wet from time to time. I just want to make sure that I'm keeping water from entering my fuel tank, so I am considering using rubber to make a seal ring. Thoughts?