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petrol leak

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just stared the zxr after 3 weeks of sitting there and there is a petrol leak coming from the fuel pump area it was dripping every where. not sure if a rubber hose could have split ? anyone had this before
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could well be a perished hose mate, mine had gone by the fuel tap so just nipped the end off.
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I was looking on ebay yesterday, you can buy a meter of the stuff for about £2. You can ever buy it in kwaka green
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ok ill have a look to moz if its not raining confuddled to bad :smt006
thanks kev
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just striped the fuel lines down checked them all and they are fine no splits and cleaned up nicely with some wd40 so i put it all back together minus the rubber harness that hold the pump in place started the bike up and its pi##ing out of the pump right on the join down the middle so the seal in the pump has gone any one ever had a fuel pump fail like this before :tease
thnks for any help kev
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not had one fail but i've just sold one :smt003
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There's No Explanation For The Way I'm About To Behave!!!
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