Mirage carb questions - 1

tom3c75

tom3c75

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I have a 1981 Mirage TS fitted with fuel filters between the fuel tank outlets and the carbs.   
The previous owner fitted them to trap rust coming from the tank, which is a mess inside.   
Will these filters, shown in the attached pic, inhibit the fuel flow?   
Apparently the bike is difficult to restart when hot.
 

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I used inline filters on a 750/4 due to rust in the tank. It didn't inhibit fuel flow but it also didn't inhibit rust entering the carbs.
Waste of time. If the tank is that far gone then the only answer is to chemically clean it and use a sealant in the tank.
I ended up buying an NOS tank, new fuel tap and new brassware in the carbs. Never a problem again.
 
Thanks Keith & Grant.

My concern was that these sorts of filters are normally used in a system with a fuel pump, and that our gravity based flow would be inhibited at high revs.

I do plan to derust and seal the tank.  Problem is, that it already has a tank liner, so some challenges lay ahead in first removing it. 
Also on a quest, locally at this stage, for another tank.
 
My painter said one time that the company he used for tank sealant (Tank Cure) also made a soluyion for removing old tank sealant.
Maybe you could trawl through the interwebz and see if anything comes up.
 
I get my tanks stripped by my local powdercoater, they sit in his dip tank for an hour or so and come out in bare metal inside and out, strips liners off too, gawd knows what nasty chemical is in the dip tank but it has to be kept under a layer of water to prevent it evaporating.


    Keith
 
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