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decalifornication
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:39 am
by Mark Cheramy
When removing the smog equip from my a-15 I capped both lines coming out of the tank. The mod post I read said the blue line was supposed to vent to the atmosphere. Is this necessary? All of the sudden I'm getting symptoms of fuel starvation and wondering if this is a cause. Could be just a clogged fuel filter, will replace that tomorrow, but curious on the capping.
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 10:32 am
by Chuck MacKarness
Look here for specifics:
http://www.ravenshadow.com/klr650/mods/CA-smog/CA-smog_Equipment_Elimination.html
This seems to work well for everyone who has done it...
Rev. Chuck
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Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 11:19 am
by RM
On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Mark Cheramy wrote:
>When removing the smog equip from my a-15 I capped both lines coming out
>of the tank. The mod post I read said the blue line was supposed to vent
>to the atmosphere. Is this necessary? All of the sudden I'm getting
>symptoms of fuel starvation and wondering if this is a cause. Could be
>just a clogged fuel filter, will replace that tomorrow, but curious on
>the capping.
Uncapping the blue is the normal thing to do.
Also, if you look at the fuel tank parts diagram on buykawasaki.com,
there's a tiny grommet (92093) that appears to seal up the little vent
system adjacent to the gas cap. Notice that this is a CA-only part. I
de-californicated my ZR-7 and had the same problems. The ZR-7 tank
already has too many stalactites dangling off the bottom, so I yanked the
grommet instead of providing a blue-line drain. You may be able to do
something similar on the KLR.
RM
decalifornication
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 11:59 am
by tmt7734
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote:
>
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2002, Mark Cheramy wrote:
>
> >When removing the smog equip from my a-15 I capped both lines
coming out
> >of the tank. The mod post I read said the blue line was supposed
to vent
> >to the atmosphere. Is this necessary? All of the sudden I'm getting
> >symptoms of fuel starvation and wondering if this is a cause.
Could be
> >just a clogged fuel filter, will replace that tomorrow, but
curious on
> >the capping.
>
> Uncapping the blue is the normal thing to do.
>
> Also, if you look at the fuel tank parts diagram on buykawasaki.com,
> there's a tiny grommet (92093) that appears to seal up the little
vent
> system adjacent to the gas cap. Notice that this is a CA-only
part. I
> de-californicated my ZR-7 and had the same problems. The ZR-7 tank
> already has too many stalactites dangling off the bottom, so I
yanked the
> grommet instead of providing a blue-line drain. You may be able to
do
> something similar on the KLR.
>
> RM
I did exactly the same thing to my KLR. You just have to be careful
that you do not fill your fuel tank all the way to the top of the
filler neck as fuel will come out of the vent hole when you stop
quickly or lean the bike on the side stand. I kept the little gromet
just in case I ever decide to open the blue line.
decalifornication
Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:45 pm
by millerized_2000
> I did exactly the same thing to my KLR. You just have to be careful
> that you do not fill your fuel tank all the way to the top of the
> filler neck as fuel will come out of the vent hole when you stop
> quickly or lean the bike on the side stand. I kept the little
gromet
> just in case I ever decide to open the blue line.
Mine never had one in it, and it's been over plenty. Not a drop of
gas dripped out, even with a full tank. Now the battery on the other
hand.....
millerized
decalifornication
Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2002 3:58 pm
by InWoods13@aol.com
In a message dated 7/18/02 11:33:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
RevChuck@... writes:
http://www.ravenshadow.com/klr650/mods/CA-smog/CA-smog_Equipment_Elimination.h
tml
This seems to work well for everyone who has done it...
Rev. Chuck
:^)>+ >>
This link would've saved some effort if I'd known of it's existence when my
decalifornication need came up! Looks good Chuck.
My and a couple of other listers decaliforinication documentation efforts
can be found at..
http://klr6500.tripod.com/decalif.htm
and...
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/ThunderdogsMods.html
All best. -Scott
A14 "thunderdog"
Sorrento, Fl
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Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2002 8:29 pm
by wingrj@aol.com
In a message dated 7/17/02 22:39:42, caklr650@... writes:
>but curious on the capping
I did this on my A9, had the same problems you discribe here. I vented both
to the atmosphere, and now no more problems.
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Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2002 12:41 am
by Mark Cheramy
just wanted to say thanks to everyone for the help. your venting has caused me to see the errors in my non-venting. I am now vented.
Vent you venty much
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In a message dated 7/17/02 22:39:42, caklr650@... writes:
>but curious on the capping
I did this on my A9, had the same problems you discribe here. I vented both
to the atmosphere, and now no more problems.
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:27 pm
by Jan Emery
I remember reading a procedure concerning “Decalifornication”, could anyone point me in the right direction.
Jbe
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:44 pm
by Fred Hink
How about this site:
http://www.klr650.marknet.us/decalif.html
Fred
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I remember reading a procedure concerning Decalifornication , could anyone point me in the right direction. Jbe