Bad gas milage on jcl mp 250 a By poppajon (Read 634 times)

[poppajon]

Hello all, well I found that fuel problem. Thought I had it fixed by accesing the gas tank and finding the sender gasket out of place! But no!, heres some tips tho, Ya cant get the fule tank out of the frame without removing the cooling fan, I didnt go that far as if you take both frame rails off ,you can move the tank to the right and prop it on the left side with some wood blocks, this allowes you to remove the fuel guage sending unit, on mine the rubber gasket was out of place, so I let it sit in the sun till good and soft ,then stuck it into the sender in the place its supposed to be with a lil permatex to hold it. Also the sender float was sticking because Charlie Chan pressed the pal nut on the shaft to hard! AH-SOO, just rap the shaft with the handle of a ratchet and it frees it up. OK BUT I put tank back and filled it up . Ta DAAAAA, here cames 5 buck a gallon hi test out of the metal ring that the sender locks into!!this was supposed to be sealed to the tank But good ol Charlie Chan didnt seal it right! AH SOOOOO, so I drained the tank below that level and covered. the scoot up. Sent an e-mail to (POWERSPORTS MAX) a mounth ago and no reply NORMAL, they only give ya 30 day parts warranty. Anyway Im going to rip the tank all the way out and J-B weld that ring J-B weld is the only thing I have fount that can seal gas leaks. Ok so thats my story and Im stickin to it LOL. Poppajon.
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[Bashan]

Thanks for the tech tip Poppajon. I moved it over to this board to make sure all the 250 guys get a read. I see you're in NJ, I hope that storm wasn't all over you.

[poppajon]

Hi Bashan, thanks, we were very luckey out here in the pine forrest, no power for a few days but we prepped and made it ok. not so for the coastal comunities tho, they got distroyed. like under 8 foot of water, really bad Man..