Gas smell when parked in garage

hoochster · December 12, 2015

Sorry I put this in the wrong forum. I copied this in the RSTD tech talk forum. I didn't know how to delete it or if I even could.

Hey all,

I am trying to find where a gas smell is coming from when my bike is parked. I took the gas tank off to look at that and then get into my carbs. However, when I took my gas tank off I moved it around and turned it upsid down to see if there were any leaks there. Upon doing so I found that the gas cap leaked quit a bit and I proceeded to check the gas cap gasket and found it had some crack in it. I figure that I may need a new gasket. Thee is a pic in this post of it and I was wondering if someone could take a look at it and see what they think. I then looked arund a the hoses and found that there was the hose coming off the top of the gas tank that rides down the right side of the motorcycle and it looked bad with some corrosion looking stuff around it. I had it running right on top of the radiator hose that is next to the carbs. I think that was run wrong and it may have caused the rubber hose to thin out. Can someone look at that as well and let me know if 1. it was run wrong and if so where it would be run and 2. if I should replace it. I think it needs to be replaced but not sure if it is only a breather tube and there isn't any actual gas running through it. Thanks for your help in advance.

Brian