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Magnet to fuel filter? Rust dust.
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I remember washing bowls with break cleaner first time.
Filter doesn't catch rust dust. If rust is magnetic, small magnet will catch it and I will see it thru clear fuel filter.
I always buy small fuel filters from NAPA.
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car5car wrote: I opened up bowls again after 30 miles of riding and they had rust dust again!
I remember washing bowls with break cleaner first time.
Filter doesn't catch rust dust. If rust is magnetic, small magnet will catch it and I will see it thru clear fuel filter.
I always buy small fuel filters from NAPA.
In the 37 years I have owned mine, I can not remember a single time I dropped the bowls on my carbs and did NOT see some rust dust sediment in there regardless of what filters I used.
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They said that back in the days when the gas station's underground tanks were made of steel. But I think most stations are now some composite material, or at least lined with some inert material. Plus there's no way to tell if the tanker just left a minute before you got there.swest wrote: What kind of gas do you buy? They say if the truck is there filling the tanks, go somewhere else.
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bountyhunter wrote:
car5car wrote: I opened up bowls again after 30 miles of riding and they had rust dust again!
I remember washing bowls with break cleaner first time.
Filter doesn't catch rust dust. If rust is magnetic, small magnet will catch it and I will see it thru clear fuel filter.
I always buy small fuel filters from NAPA.
In the 37 years I have owned mine, I can not remember a single time I dropped the bowls on my carbs and did NOT see some rust dust sediment in there regardless of what filters I used.
Same here. It does not seem to mess anything up, really, it just sits in the bottom of the bowl. I will drain the bowls once or twice a year after a ride. Hopefully if the rust is stirred up from the ride, it will come out with the gas.
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www.kzrider.com/forum/3-carburetor/59406...ne-and-filter#633243
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+1Nessism wrote: Clean the fuel tank. Seal it if necessary. Fuel filters that flow easily at 0 psi like our bikes require are not going to filter the fuel down to some low micron level. The common gold stone filters are more like a strainer than a filter. Paper filters work better but typically need positive fuel pressure to push the fuel through.
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