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Hello all, first post here. I've recently bought myself a 5th gen. I'm loving it, but there's a bit of work ahead in order to get 'er into the condition I want, so hopefully will be getting to know people over the coming years, it seems like the place to be. Anyway, on with my post... TLDR: Finding it difficult to take a fuel sample from a 1998 VFR800fi-w, and unsure about using fuel dryer. Thanks. I'd really appreciate some advice from those with experience of using "Fuel Dryer", and/or taking samples of fuel from the tank on a 1998 VFR800fi-w My situation is this: About 2 months ago I bought a 1998 5th Gen VFR800fi-w (I'm pretty sure it's a UK model if that counts). And so, I've taken a few rides out on the bike since owning it. Although I had never gotten the bike wet until last week. And when I say wet I mean around 20 minutes in absolutely torrential rain... quite a lot of intense water exposure for a short time. I got home after my ride, myself soaked, and parked the bike in the garage, dried it down, and called it a night. The next day the weather was fine and I thought I'd take another ride, I started the bike up and let it warm for about a minute, then put it in first gear and rode about 20 meters around to the front of the house. Now, one issue with the bike is that the petrol gauge does not indicate how much petrol I have in the bike at any time, it's always stuck flashing at one bar, even when the tank is topped up... and so, I switched the engine off and opened the cap to have a look to get an idea of how much fuel I had left, and when I looked I saw that around about 3 to 5 teaspoons worth of water had settled in the little moat under the cap. It appears that the overflow outlet hole is blocked under the cap, and so the water is unable to escape. My first reaction was to panic, and immediately assume that water had gotten into the tank along with the fuel. I have not turned the key in the ignition since, and pushed the bike back into the garage. I've spoken to a friend who has a fair amount of experience in general, and he seemed confident enough in believing that there would be no water in with my fuel, after asking about the condition of the rubber seal under my petrol cap. I told him that the rubber was fine, which it is. He told me that if any water had gotten into the engine, that I would have known about it already... and that there would have been a noticeable amount of objection in the form of spluttering from the engine. But I wanted to be 100% sure before starting up my long awaited VFR and potentially destroying the engine, and in researching I arrived at a few plans of action. 1 - Siphon and drain all fuel from the engine and refill with fresh clean petrol. 2 - Take a sample of the fuel to determine if action plan 1 is necessary. 3 - Add fuel dryer and top up with fresh fuel. So I thought that action plan 2 would be the best place to start... I'd see if I could determine if there was any water in the tank at all. This is where I ran into issues caused by my lack of experience. Through a conversation with ChatGPT I was informed that I should lift up the tank (no need to fully disconnect), and that there would be hose running from the fuel pump at the underside of the tank towards the throttle body, and that this hose would have a quick disconnect coupler. All I would have to do, would be to disconnect the hose at the coupler and switch the "reds" on, and collect the small amount of fuel that would be ejected from the hose that is intended to prime the fuel injectors before the bike is started. My problem is that there is no such coupler on this hose that runs from the fuel pump, and with this it seems like it will be more difficult to collect a sample. I believe I can't just take a sample directly from the tank because if any water has indeed entered the tank it will have sunk to the bottom of the tank, water being heavier than petrol. So basically where I'm at is wanting to take a sample from the tank, and any guidance or advice of a good way to do so would be greatly appreciated. I'm also a bit unsure of whether I should use fuel dryer. My thinking here was that if any water has gotten in, it may have just been a small amount, and I could run fuel dryer to deal with such a small amount. My VFR is a 1998 bike, and so I'm concerned that the fuel dryer could cause issues with older injectors possible. At the moment, I'm not eager to do anything until I know more about what is best. Has anyone had experience, good or bad, in using fuel dryer on older fuel injected bikes? Thanks for any help in advance. I'm real keen to get out again for a ride, but I don't want to hurt my bike in anyway. Best wishes all.

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i recently picked up a 98 vfr in sad shape. the tank had bondo on the seal for the fuel pump. my replacement pump, and gasket came in today. i had previously used a wire wheel to remove the bondo from the underside of the tank. when i got everything installed and tightened down, i placed the tank on the bike, and gas started to run out the bottom of the tank. on closer inspection, it looks like the leak is mostly from the bottom of the gasket, closest to the crotch end of the tank. there is a small indention in the tank right there. i'm wondering if this is a normal dent, or if i need to get a new tank, or what... i need some help.

Hi there to the 5th gen community. I am hoping someone might offer some advice. My bike's fuel tank seems to overflow if i fill it past 14 liters. I first noticed it soon after i bought the bike about two months ago. I filled the tank and it seemed to randomly dump fuel onto the tarmac until the tank was below half, on the gauge. I had the tank off yesterday and pulled the pump mech and the gauge mech and found nothing, except that the tank was re-coated on the inside at some point and the gauge mech seems badly rusted. By riding without the fairing for a bit, i have realized that the fuel drains via the vent pipe, which is the smaller diameter pipe of the two dedicated to venting or breathing. There is also an 8mm tube which is the overflow from the tank filler. It doesn't leak from there, but from the vent. I cannot figure out why or how come it would do that. Does the tank build up pressure ? How on earth would one remedy this ? Any Ideas ? Also the motor seems to be missing a bit after removing the tank. Is there a bleeding operation to the fuel delivery that i missed ?

Hi gents. Im refurbishing a much neglected 94 VFR750. Mostly complete. Before i got stuck into it and pulled it all apart to service i noticed it had tank wobble and would rock when you put pressure on it mostly the the left hand side. pretty noticible rock too. I'd forgotten about it till now when its been time to fit the tank back on. Its secure , its not going anywhere, it just annoys me and I dont think it came out of the Honda factory with that wobble at all. Ive pulled the tank back off and had a look and my question is did the tank have black rubber clips/stabilisers? I flipped the tank over and found a small square black strip of thin foam rubber glued to one side and on the other side the glue residue and the black piece missing. but it was stuck on the silver bike frame. from having a bit of a look on Ebay at tanks i can see some of them have like black rubber clips (which would make sense) My guess is previous owner has lost those clips at some point and has glued bits of foam on to attempt to stop the rock. And one of those bits has slipped of and restuck to the frame. idk heres some pics love to hear your experience or opinions on this cheers Metalicr (Ben)

For all those who were wondering what's going on in side our tanks. I know I was wondering what damage I could do with a tank-liner. It seems this little unit has been through the treatment too, because both strainers seem to be completely block with resin. cheers ian