gas cap leaking? HELP!
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From: British Columbia
Hey guys I have a 09 heritage and the last 5 or 6 times I've got gas, when I stand the bike up it leaks fuel out from around the gas cap. Now I know your thinking like I am, its being overfilled, but today when I put gas in it I left it at least 3in lower than I normaly fill it up and as soon as I got on the bike and stood it up out comes the gas from under the cap and all down the side of my tank!
I have filled it up in the past to much higher levels and this didn't happen, and now its a everytime I fill up thing. The cap is on tight, one click just like the manual says. This is getting old, I'm gonna take it to the dealership tommorrow but I wanted to run it by ya'll and see what you thought.
I have filled it up in the past to much higher levels and this didn't happen, and now its a everytime I fill up thing. The cap is on tight, one click just like the manual says. This is getting old, I'm gonna take it to the dealership tommorrow but I wanted to run it by ya'll and see what you thought.
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Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Marina del Rey
Screw the cap on tight and it won't leak. 1 click and you stop tightening it? WTF?
Com'on. You just have to be smarter than a gas cap!You let the gas run out the last 5-6 times you filled? Use your head.
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Hey guys I have a 09 heritage and the last 5 or 6 times I've got gas, when I stand the bike up it leaks fuel out from around the gas cap. Now I know your thinking like I am, its being overfilled, but today when I put gas in it I left it at least 3in lower than I normaly fill it up and as soon as I got on the bike and stood it up out comes the gas from under the cap and all down the side of my tank!
I have filled it up in the past to much higher levels and this didn't happen, and now its a everytime I fill up thing. The cap is on tight, one click just like the manual says. This is getting old, I'm gonna take it to the dealership tommorrow but I wanted to run it by ya'll and see what you thought.
I have filled it up in the past to much higher levels and this didn't happen, and now its a everytime I fill up thing. The cap is on tight, one click just like the manual says. This is getting old, I'm gonna take it to the dealership tommorrow but I wanted to run it by ya'll and see what you thought.
My wife has an '09 Heritage that had the same problem. The dealer swore up and down that she was overfilling it and tried to chew me out for complaing about it. He finally gave us a new gas cap and the problem stopped. The trouble is, about once a year I have to buy a new gas cap. After about a year the problem comes back. I tried just buying a new gasket, but it seems like only a whole new cap works. Several people in our area that have Heritages have the same problem.
It's those damn "B" motors. They don't shake things up enough.
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