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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 03:27 AM
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Default Draining Fuel? - Disregard Post

Feel like an idiot asking this, but I really must be missing something here...

I can't get the fuel to drain from my 05 FXD gas tanks. I have the fuel feed line discontected, a drain hose connected to the fuel valve running into a container below the bike and tanks, the petcock is in the on/reserve position, and the fuel cap is off. Tanks are full and not a drop is draining! I don't really want to have to syphon but what the heck.

What am I missing here? I've never had this problem before.

MV

Nevermind, found out.

Connect drain hose to crossover inlet on oposite side tank and drain through crossover hose.


 
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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You have to pull the vacume line off the petcock and apply vacume to it to simulate the engine running or it will not drain that way
 
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Old Mar 14, 2007 | 01:38 PM
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Yep. Thanks Mentor. I figured it was a vacuume feed. The crossover method worked OK in this instance. Pretty simple and a little messy.

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