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Re: That could be a problem... (archive)
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Posted by Max Fretter (NZ) on December 08, 2000 at 02:25:43:

In Reply to: That could be a problem... posted by R.Mui on December 06, 2000 at 21:30:24:

Maybe:
1) your pump is in the tank, and the extra petrol is dampening the sound with the pump now being submerged

2) your pump is outside the tank but the higher level of petrol is making it easier to suck into the pump (eg less "head height" between the pump and the petrol level) - it's working either less or more constantly or both...

I know the bikes (K100s) sound very buzzy when the tanks are empty, from the pump noise...

Max

YOU SAID...

Anyhow, it's strange as it hasn't happened these 2 days straight. The only difference being that these couple of days I have a half tank of gas in there and the noise occured most when I had oly about 10% of the gas tank filled. So the reduced pressure could be making the pums work harder, causing the noise?



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