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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: jefferygs500 on May 17, 2005, 04:04:04 AM

Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: jefferygs500 on May 17, 2005, 04:04:04 AM
hey theres a little hose coming from the bottom of my tank. It comes from the middle i think it's a air hose. But i took it off. Is that why my bike is bogging maybe???? And you guys said my cag isn't getting enough air. how do i fix that??? Instead of buying a new one. Thanks guys
Title: Re: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: cheesy on May 17, 2005, 04:43:38 AM
Quote from: jefferygs500hey theres a little hose coming from the bottom of my tank. It comes from the middle i think it's a air hose. But i took it off. Is that why my bike is bogging maybe???? And you guys said my cag isn't getting enough air. how do i fix that??? Instead of buying a new one. Thanks guys

that is a drain hose.  no that isn't why it's bogging.  well.. it's possible... but just make sure the hose isn't kinked.


you can take the gas cap apart and clean it.  if you want to wait until this afternoon i'll make a little write up about it
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: poormanracing on May 17, 2005, 08:48:25 AM
that hose is for the smog cannister below the battery box...if your bike aint a cali model its cool to leave it off and i doubt thats the cause of bogging...i live in ca but my bike came from utah...there was no hose in there and no connector under the carb but the cannister was still there..i didnt connect it though coz they dmv ok'd my bike  :thumb: ...
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: cheesy on May 17, 2005, 09:54:19 AM
Quote from: my_celica_is_jealousthat hose is for the smog cannister below the battery box...if your bike aint a cali model its cool to leave it off and i doubt thats the cause of bogging...i live in ca but my bike came from utah...there was no hose in there and no connector under the carb but the cannister was still there..i didnt connect it though coz they dmv ok'd my bike  :thumb: ...


actually, on cali models there are two hoses on the bottom of the tank.  one goes to the same place (tank drain, look at the little hole underneath the gas cap) and the other is a type of 'tank vent' that goes to the charcoal smog canister.
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: crash on May 17, 2005, 12:32:35 PM
i never understood why gas can't drain back into the tank....
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: cheesy on May 17, 2005, 12:40:03 PM
Quote from: crashi never understood why gas can't drain back into the tank....

gravity says no
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: crash on May 17, 2005, 01:27:50 PM
but it's draining off the to of the tank... so why not just have it drain straight down into the tank, as opposed to around it and out ?
Title: little air hose on bottom of tank??
Post by: cheesy on May 17, 2005, 01:29:21 PM
Quote from: crashbut it's draining off the to of the tank... so why not just have it drain straight down into the tank, as opposed to around it and out ?

It's for water too... when it rains you'd have water in your tank
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