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Gas Cap Modification
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<blockquote data-quote="beeroux" data-source="post: 217899" data-attributes="member: 489"><p>DCarver, an excellent question.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately, the answer is no.</p><p></p><p>For those of you willing to be discouraged, not only take your cap off, but remove the lower plate and get straight to the tank. When I did this, I was AMAZED at how much dirt had collected there. Granted, I've been in the bowels of Anza-Borrego, ridden almost 1K "Off-Road", and live off a dirt road, but criminy was there a LOT of dirt gathered under the "seal" and cap assembly.</p><p></p><p>Sadly, with the orange nipple removed, all that dirt would be going into your tank, and only so much of that will be caught by the filter before it fails.</p><p></p><p>In effect, you'd be circumventing the benefits of the intricate gas cap, and just sucking dirt straight from the get go. Drill or grind a slot and reap the benefits of pressure transfer without the downside of debris collection.</p><p></p><p>GZ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beeroux, post: 217899, member: 489"] DCarver, an excellent question. Unfortunately, the answer is no. For those of you willing to be discouraged, not only take your cap off, but remove the lower plate and get straight to the tank. When I did this, I was AMAZED at how much dirt had collected there. Granted, I've been in the bowels of Anza-Borrego, ridden almost 1K "Off-Road", and live off a dirt road, but criminy was there a LOT of dirt gathered under the "seal" and cap assembly. Sadly, with the orange nipple removed, all that dirt would be going into your tank, and only so much of that will be caught by the filter before it fails. In effect, you'd be circumventing the benefits of the intricate gas cap, and just sucking dirt straight from the get go. Drill or grind a slot and reap the benefits of pressure transfer without the downside of debris collection. GZ [/QUOTE]
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