."fuel had been sucked through that drain tube up into the top of the tank".....how does fuel get sucked up into the drain tube and into the top of the tank?The drain tube(vent)is not in contact with fuel.It can only allow fuel to come into it by overflow.Nah....something isn't cool here.One tube?No....not okay.Take a look where your nipples are welded to the rear of the tank there.Does it look like someone MAY have sealed a tube there,maybe ground it down and plugged it,then sanded and painted over it?(WHY anyone would do that is beyond me)...BUT...stranger things have happened.
If the tank is compressing...the tube would pull air...not gas...and it wouldn't end up leaking.If the tank was expanding,it MAY get some fuel in there from the top of the filler neck(most likely only when full up),but that would be very noticeable IF you tried to open the cap.It would blast open pretty well.Do you get ANY whistling through the cap when she's just been ridden and filled?Or any whistling at all through the cap..like sitting in the Sun or hot engine just sitting there..
IF the only tube you have there is dripping fuel...and that JUST HAPPENS to be the vent tube...plugging that will be extremely risky...gotta tell ya...I wouldn't go plugging ANYTHING.You shouldn't HAVE to...period.I still think you've got a California model...somehow...it just sounds too strange to me.Maybe the guy thought he could 'bypass' the Cali Evap stuff...ended up getting it wrong somehow?
C'mon Hub...figure this out.Geez..it can't be TOO difficult....There's only either two lines...or three,depending on the state she's from.
It has to have TWO at least...stock...from the factory.Anything less...nope....not factory.Or modded for some reason.Ditch the tank my friend...before ya get killed.
* Last updated by: Grn14 on 3/23/2012 @ 11:47 AM *