gas in the emissions canister

[Pirate looks at --]

Or

Gas smells? :shocked:

I don't know what you're taling about! :shocked:

....talking about:roflblack:

 

[NancysToy]

The only gas smell I get is for a very few moments after the machine is shut off. I can return in a few minutes and the smell is gone, does that sound like the system is working normally?

Yes, this would be normal as the atmospheric vent opens when the Spyder is turned off, but the gas tank is still slightly pressurized.

 

[ruthie]

One would logically think that a charcoal canister that filtered gas fumes would be located above the gas tank, making it virtually impossible to get liquid gas inside it . . . Sometimes I truly wonder what the design engineers are thinking . . . or if they are thinking . . . :hun:

I too wonder what the design engineers was thinking on many things on the Spyder.

 

[Bob Denman]

Those wacky Canadians have a marvelous sense of humor; don't they?

 

[cuznjohn]

tank

the next thing they should do is wrap the tank

 

[Dan McNally]

Topper came home from the dealer today :yes: . . . with new master cylinder, brake cable and charcoal canister, all wrapped up with the recall insulation, because all three had started melting :banghead:. In the past, I have always had a strong gas smell after ryding and had to let Topper cool off in the driveway, before parking in the garage :banghead:. I stopped and filled up near the dealership, being very cautious not to overfill . . . filled slowly and stopped the first time any gas spurted out the vents. I rode for an hour, pulled into the garage . . . and no gas smell! :yes: This is a first . . . my wife even noticed. I don't know if this is because I had overfilled in the past, or because the heat was cooking the canister. The canister is now insulated . . . so it has to be one or the other. I don't plan to overfill, to find out. Lets hear from folks who did have a gas smell, before the recall . . . do you still, after the recall? :hun:

 

[billybovine]

Topper came home from the dealer today :yes: . . . with new master cylinder, brake cable and charcoal canister, all wrapped up with the recall insulation, because all three had started melting :banghead:. In the past, I have always had a strong gas smell after ryding and had to let Topper cool off in the driveway, before parking in the garage :banghead:. I stopped and filled up near the dealership, being very cautious not to overfill . . . filled slowly and stopped the first time any gas spurted out the vents. I rode for an hour, pulled into the garage . . . and no gas smell! :yes: This is a first . . . my wife even noticed. I don't know if this is because I had overfilled in the past, or because the heat was cooking the canister. The canister is now insulated . . . so it has to be one or the other. I don't plan to overfill, to find out. Lets hear from folks who did have a gas smell, before the recall . . . do you still, after the recall? :hun:

Since the hose runs uphill from the fuel tank until the last bend before entering the canister, it is a lot harder but not impossible to get liquid fuel into the cannister on the 2013's as compared to previous years. I am guessing this is why they moved the cannister in the first place. Still they could have made the hose 6 inches longer and put a taller loop in it.

My cannister was not damaged by heat and has never smelled of gas so the replacement may have fix that problem.

But I am glad it's fixed and you will be able to put lots of trouble free miles on.

 

[3 Wheel Addict]

I got my RT-S back from the dealer today about the fuel smell on mine. Here's the info they gave me as straight from BRP on the evap canister. This canister will not purge fumes until the rpm's are above 5000. In other words you have to be above 5000 for the system to pull the fumes out of the canister and burn them. I was informed that according to my rpm profile I don't spend enough time above 5000 (but it's only got 500 miles on it). That's the answer to the fuel smell after shutting it off that I got :dontknow: