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Vent line on fuel tank?

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I took my tank off to work on the wiring, I didn't notice there were 3 lines on this. I know one is the vacuum line to the petcock, one is the main fuel line, but there's one thats a couple feet long, is this a vent line or something?
 
The drain tube slips over the small nipple on the "gutter" at the bottom 1/2 of sending unit , runs along the frame to the ground, away from the exhaust !!
 
I have no idea which model you have but there should be one (or 2) vent lines coming from between your carbs. Since you mentioned your gas line and your petcock vacuum line, I'm guessing that's the one you're seeing.
 
rockford said:
I have no idea which model you have but there should be one (or 2) vent lines coming from between your carbs. Since you mentioned your gas line and your petcock vacuum line, I'm guessing that's the one you're seeing.
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Except that he is asking about the line on the TANK, not the carbs.

Shameless, as the others have mentioned, that is a safety drain line, in case the gasket around the sending unit happens to leak.

And this is one of the few times that specific model information does not matter. Any of the GSes that have a fuel gauge will have that drain line, and it works the same way for all of them. :encouragement:

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its an 80 gs1000G you guys have been great, I just got the bike back from getting the carbs rebuilt, it runs great, all the other stuff you guys have helped me with is about taken care of at this point. lol Thanks again.

 
Steve said:
Except that he is asking about the line on the TANK, not the carbs.


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My confusion came from reading the post but not the title. My bad! (I still can't figure out why the 2 petcock lines were even mentioned):confused:
 
Be sure to route all those overflow lines (either from the carbs or sender unit) pointing away from your rear tire. Some guys got these lines dumping right in front of the rear tire. Spring a leak and you are going to start sliding all over the place.
 
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