Spring has sprung and so has my Valk... Fixed!

[BobB]

Sprung a fuel leak that is...

Sunny and in the 30's here in MN.  Just finished installing the new Galfer brake lines on the front.  Gassed up the Valk for the first time since November and moved it from the workshop, across the lawn, to the garage.  Oops, noticed a major fuel leak that appears to be coming from the fuel rails on both sides.  Don't understand why because I did not mess with anything around there this winter other than pulling the tank.  Guess I have more to do...  

[Pappy!]

Bob - you may get away without doing the fuel rails, unless you want to anyway. Let the fuel swell the O-rings for a while and you may find the leaks will be gone all by themselves.
If you do go in and do them and they have never been off the brackets then get the kits and tool supplied by Redeye as you will no doubt de-form one or more roll pins.

[wingrider02]

I have heard letting fuel sit in them for a while will swell the seals...but if you have her in the shop, might as well fix her up!  Got a feeling winter isn't over quite yet here.

[Davemn]

Remember last year? Snowed in May.

[BobB]

Pappy, Wingrider02, thanks for the advice, hope you are correct.  I remove my tank and drain my carbs over the winter, but this is the first time this has happened in the eight years I have done so...

Davemn, thanks for the reminder... 

[cookiedough]

You got a few more weeks before we get a good spring rain to melt all the snow, but by the end of this week in low 50's,  no snow will be left besides a few small snow banks.

I suspect we will get another snowfall, but so tempted near 54 degrees later this week to fire it up, but I know there is tons of salt still on the roads and runoff.  Did see 2 cycles out and about yesterday in upper 40's, so tempting.   

[BobB]

You got a few more weeks before we get a good spring rain to melt all the snow, but by the end of this week in low 50's,  no snow will be left besides a few small snow banks.

I suspect we will get another snowfall, but so tempted near 54 degrees later this week to fire it up, but I know there is tons of salt still on the roads and runoff.  Did see 2 cycles out and about yesterday in upper 40's, so tempting.   

Yes, I saw a bike out yesterday.  I don't expect to ride any time soon, but moving the bike from the basement workshop, across the lawn, to the garage requires the ground to still be largely frozen.  I blew  a five foot wide path a few days ago and the sun did the rest.  Two years ago, I got the bike stuck in the yard for two nights and posted pictures here.  The CT on the rear helps a lot.

[BobB]

I love these Valks, they are self healing, at least in this case.  Went out this morning, populated the garage with tools, pulled off the enricher slider covers, verified that the OEM petcock was working, started the bike and to my absolute joy, NO MORE FUEL LEAK.  I let it warm up for 20 minutes to get to normal operating temperature and still no leak. 

I replaced the fuel line from the petcock a while back but replacing the lines to the fuel rails is now on the TTD list.

Ready to ride, ice is nearly clear from the driveway. 

See you at Inzane...