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So frustrated!

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You are in OHIo, right? As far as I know, it's an ethanol state just like the rest of the midwest. You should be able to look at the pump and it'll tell you the ethanol concentration there, normally about 10%. There might be one pump with non-oxygenated fuel usually 91 octane with no ethanol added, for small engines and collector vehicles.
 
NOOOOO!!!... oh well... i just drained the tank and guess what color my gas was? BRIGHT RED! ... and not a diluted faded red... i mean it was RED red...

so i guess thats what was wrong...

in the future i will simply buy a new tank instead of lining it... but what the heck kind of tank lining product cant handle normal gas? utterly worthless if you ask me...

i just popped the gas tank off, took out the petcock, rinsed the valve thoroughly with some carb cleaner... now i have the tank propped up in the air on a set of jack stands with my girlfriends hair drier in it... drying the residual gas out...

she would kill me if she knew what i was using it for...

im going to let it re-cure for a week just to ensure i dont have to go through this again...

i will be tearing down the carbs and cleaning them out tomorrow, i just hope that none of the liner has dried in places like a hard plastic... (what its supposed to do)

that will make it impossible to clean out... i swear if this cheap crap tank liner loses me $200 in rebuild and jetting parts, and many hours of labor... i will lose my mind...

shoot, its already created enough headaches, problems,and labor as it is... all because it cant handle normal everyday gasoline... lesson learned...

i would just buy a new gas tank, but i just spent alot of time and money putting a new paint job on this one, and at this point i just wanna ride the damn thing... i'll buy a new tank and re-paint it over winter....

Lastly, does anyone know of an additive that will neutralize the ethanol? i was looking around a little bit and found a few things online but the only thing local i really saw was sta-bil, and my understanding was that it was mostly for extended storage of gas not ethanol neutralization, unless they are one in the same...

i will do some more research over the weekend but i always wanna ask the veterans on the Resource... you guys are my first line of defense when it comes to me making an ass of myself....

thanks for the 1000th time.
Sincerely,
~Nate
 
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hah, yea i thought about that,

there was only a very small amount of residual in there and i watched it very closely for the 45 min it was in there, i also had a fire extinguisher right next to it in the garage. so i took precautions. :D

i like to live my life dangerously... :p why else would i buy an 1100!?
 
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i will post pics of the completed bike tomorrow when i get everything back together... i would have some up right now if it werent for the whole gas tank liner gumming up my carbs issue...
 
Which brand of tank liner did you use? Perhaps a heads up might keep others from similar problems.

Daniel
 
i used Red-Kote, and used it only a couple months ago and followed procedure exactly, i even let it cure for 3x the recommended time. looking inside my tank, its all falling apart, and whenever i add gas it becomes red with dissolved gas tank liner.

my reccommendation... DONT line your tanks... find a good used one and simply replace it...

almost every gas station now adays uses ethanol enriched gasoline... there isnt a single station in all of cincinnati that doesnt have it... so the product in my opinion is completely worthless for any application... unless you dont care about spending tons of money and hassle treating your gas everytime you fill up.
 
i do beleive seafoam is actualy a more aggreassive cleaner than the small percentage of ethanol in gas, i actually used a can of it shortly after re-lining the fuel tank... honestly, you bringing that up made me realize that THATS probally what made my liner start to dissolve, and then constantly being wet with gas it probally never re-cured, just kept dissolving...

im not knocking seafoam by the way, that stuff is great... just dont put it in any modern engines... or in lined gas tanks...

i put some in my E46 3 series and it killed the oil sensor, now my oil light comes on and off all the time (daily)... didnt really damage anything beside the sensor though... rather annoying...
 
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I've used POR-15 without a problem, hard as a rock. I feel your pain though my friend, lining tanks and working on carb's in a major amount of time. It's going to be a chore getting that old liner out of there but it can be done. Lots of good tips on how to on here. Curious though, why does that tank look not like the original for the 82 1100. Didn't those have an indent on them?
 
i dont rightly know, this is my first bike of that model. if that is the case than the PO must have put it on there... it looks good and fits perfect though so it doesnt really bother me any...
 
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