What is this in my fuel line ?

N0rt0nelectr@

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• Oct 23, 2017

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I was working on my 70 Norton and saw that there was some metal stuff in the new fuel line. Figured that was from my brand new steel gas tank that I got from Commando Specialties. Got the metal or what ever it was out using carb cleaner and air, but I noticed a film on the inside of the fuel line but only on the left side not the right. Has anyone else ever run across this?

John in Texas

 

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peter12

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• Oct 25, 2017

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Might be a silly answer but are you there is no water in there?

 

MikeM

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• Oct 25, 2017

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Maybe the carb cleaner etched the inside of the line. Its pretty powerful stuff.

 

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Bob Z.

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• Oct 25, 2017

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Try a magnet on the debris to see if it is iron/steel or alloy from the fuel taps.

 

Torontonian

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• Oct 25, 2017

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Can't see the teeny weenie picture. Likely Smurf or Gremlin pee.

 

Triton Thrasher

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• Oct 26, 2017

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Corvid excreta?

 

Danno

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• Oct 26, 2017

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Water scale from our lovely ethanol-laced motion lotion.

 

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Danno said:

Water scale from our lovely ethanol-laced motion lotion.

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That sounds like as good an explanation as any.
Just got back from a trip up into Oklahoma and several filling stations are now sell non-ethanol fuel along side the ethanol crap. Cost a bit more but there is a market for it or they wouldn't sell it.
John in Texas