I've got a 98 SuperHawk that I've been working on as a project bike. Picked it up last year literly in boxes and I finally got it running. Without a forum such as this there's no way I would have been able to find and fix all the little problems I've had along the way.

One problem I had was that the fuel tank was severely rusted. I used Por 15 on it, which looks and works really great. The problem I have is that although I blew out the vent tube with air some sealer must have worked its way back in because it appears to be plugged. The bike runs and will go a mile or two and just quits like its running out of gas. If I pull over, open the gas cap and close it then I can start and run it for a couple of miles again.

My question is does anyone know where inside the tank the vent is? I'm thinking I can scrape off the plugged area and get it working but I can seem to find where it comes out inside the tank. Any help or photos would be great. Thanks

Doug

 

it's not going to be easy.. the vent is up near the highest point in the tank, a tube that runs all the way up there. Your best bet might be to find some stiff wire and shove it up the vent line to try to break the POR from the inside..

 

+1 that is what I was thinking, See if you can find some welding rod or something to run through the vent...... though I just replace rusted tanks as once they rust, they are nothing but problems.

So unless it's a tank that can't be replaced, don't even bother with that coating crap, as this is just the first problem, and just replace the tank, it will be so much easier in the long run but as always YMMV.