GarethNW

Fuel cap open dam thing died again this morning! Time to pay for a pro to look at it? May just sell the dam thing and get a fazer!

Those marks are just fuel stains but that cap is solid all the way around. Managed to clear that hole and touch wood its been fine for the last 100 miles Never thought a breather would be in the fuel cap

There is a rubber seal on the main hole but that little one to the side is not sealed by anything. Wire will be used when I get back and hopefully that will be an end to it

I’m convinced now that the little hole in the picture is my breather! Spoke to a Kawasaki dealer with service shop and they pointed me to the pipe at the back of the tank being the breather when I’m sure that’s the overflow! Well I stuck a straw in the hole on the top of my tank and some blue tack around it to seal and it wouldn’t blow at all. Now it blows a little bit but seems very blocked. Going to find something to push down far enough to release what ever is in there! I still can’t work out why the tank doesn’t pull in air from the overflow pipe when a vacuum starts to form.

I will now! Thanks for the tip

So it was fine today but I rode the bike with the fuel cap open a tiny bit and covered to stop any bits getting into the tank and it didn’t fail. I still need to ride a bit more to be sure. Ordered a new air filter today so I can fit that on the weekend but the Kawasaki garage told me that the breather was the pipe that comes out just under the driver’s seat and I really thought that was the over flow and is not blocked. I am right in saying that if it dies with the fuel cap open a half inch then it’s not the breather issue? Also if the overflow is part of the tank how come the pressure doesn’t escape down the overflow?

Think it may be the breather viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43630

I may not be able to make it on the 1st as I am having trouble with it cutting out on me at the moment.

No, none visible at all.

Just took my tank off the bike and there is nothing underneath apart from the fuel line to the engine. Is this hole the breather?

Is the breather attached to the air filter housing? looks like that in the haynes manual. Died on the way home, It always does it after about 20 mins, This time i opened the choke and got some fuel into it and it started and revved fairly high due to the choke but as soon as i turned the choke off it died. I would of thought that with tank open and once started it would keep running as fuel would now be in the engine

Need to spend some time looking at how the breather works on my bike. Wacthed a couple of youtube vids on how to change the air filter and there was just the tank with the fule and tap to the engine and then one pipe leading out the back for the overflow and some coments about the breather being part of the filler cap! No other tubes

Didn’t happen last night or this morning but on the way to my second school for the day it died on the duel carriage way. Same thing it’s just as if its ran out of fuel. Immediately I opened the fuel tank and there was no sound (woosh) and the bike would not start at all. The occasional fire but for a point of second and then back to nothing. Waited 5 mins and it started first time and was fine for the next 20 mins which is when I arrived at work and turned her off

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The plan for the weekend is to arrive Friday at the camp site situated just outside Keswick where we will pitch up our tents, (numbers is not an issue) there is a mass of space for tents. There is also a very secure area to park bikes and cars which will be in our Line of Sight whilst camping. This is one of the few campsites where you can have a proper stone fire on the floor and it has a very relaxed and chilled atmosphere. I will be cooking for everyone who comes and making sure your basic needs are covered. (I said basic!) The campsite has very good showers and toilet facilities which are cleaned every morning. There is a nice stream that will run through our camping area where we can keep beer and drinks COLD! I have a nice route for a ride out on the Saturday and Keswick town itself is only 10 mins away and worth a look. Saturday night more camping around a fire. Hope you can make it folks Some pics from 2 years ago <----------- The address is: Bridge End Farm Thirlmere Keswick Cumbria CA12 4TG if you come via the Lakes, and Grasmere, up Dunmail Raise (bloody big hill), short dual carriageway, then take the first left, you travel down the inside of Thirlmere, which is a nice run.. at the junction take the right (you will be at the end of the reservoir) and go over the Dam, towards the A591, campsite is before you get to the main road. alternative, stay on A591, ride down the side of the reservoir, past the car park before heading down hill past the Travellers Rest pub, take the first left and into the camp site.

Used the bag for over a year, pritty much dont ride without the tank bag. Found this on a kawa forum about my year of 636 But if it happens on the way home I can just open my cap a tad and then check the manuals for where the dam thing is.

So the breather could be on top as part of the fuel cap? Woudlnt my tank bag starve it in that case? I have the haynes manual at home so ill check it out tonight. Thanks for your help on this one

I used to fly Model Airplanes and they had the same thing, Should of guessed that one tbh. The plot however thickens. I found the breather in my dinner and it seems to be resting on the back tire (ive moved it to a more open place now) Basically the tire had been rubbing on the pipe and it was worn so that there was no gap at all. The hole was flush with the tire. Could that be enough to cut it out? Cant be good in regards to dragging dust and particals into the fuel tank! Well I half expexted not to be able to blow down the pipe if the tank is shut but it did, also it allowed me to blow down it open ofc.

Ahhh, for a good while now when I get home I can hear pressure coming from the tank (almost a whistle as its sucking air in) and I open the fuel cap and I do hear a wosh as the air goes in! didn’t know that was an issue?

No it seems to be at various speeds and revs when it happens.

No I didn't take the fuel tank off, hope it is somthing simple like that but dont think its because of my DIY. Think it may be a good idea to take it off and check the air filter anyway tho

I have recently serviced my bike with a new oil change and oil filter. Plugs and air filter changed the time before. The bike feels much better after this work but last week it felt like it was running out of fuel for about 20 secs and then it went back to being fine. Happened again after about another 100 miles (I do 50 a day so pretty much two days goes by and it hits me again) This morning it happened and it felt as if id run out of fuel but to the point it didn’t recover, just stopped after about half a mile. I left the bike for 5 mins and then tried again, The engine was warm at this point as id done around 20 miles and should of started with no choke but it would not. I applied 60% choke and bam she starts up fine, after a few revs I kill the choke and continued my journey with no issues at all. What should I pull apart first? I have some ideas as to what this may be but prefer some pointers from you guys. The bike seemed starved of fuel. Thank you in advance

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I had mine done last year and they came to me and said one of my lights was out! I thought the right one was for full beam only! I asked how much and they said £7 to which I replied "np at all" When I came to pay they told me it was £29 for the MOT £7 for the light and £15 for fitting the light!!!! Checky sods Could of told me that when I asked how much

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