[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Ok, this is a long shot but you guys know a lot about engines...[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]We were at the pole barn yesterday and I smelled a strong smell of gas. I sniffed around stuff like an old outboard motor, small gas can and finally opened the snowmobile trailer. Gas was dripping out of one of the snowmobiles![/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]I immediately thought maybe the gas line was leaking but when I opened the gas cap, fuel flowed up and out quite a bit, at least a cup. The other snowmobile wasn't leaking but the same thing happened when I opened the cap, about a cup of fuel bubbled out. I siphoned about 1/4 gallon from each tank and left the trailer open to air out.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Ok, so my thought is that duh, gas expands when it gets warm and I topped off these for a last ride at the end of the season that didn't happen. It was probably 28 degrees at the time and was 70 degrees yesterday. Oops.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Would any of the modern enviro crap be damaged by this? Check valves or something? I bet they have a one way vent for enviro regulations and it wasn't not allowing pressure to release. They are fuel injected so not sure if the excess pressure could cause hydro lock? I would hope also that the tank itself could not rupture from this...they would have to build them better than that right?[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]These are 2017 Skidoo Expedition Sport, 4 stroke, 900 cc fuel injected.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Wondering if I should tear them down and inspect or just try and crank them after the gas has fully evaporated.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]We were at the pole barn yesterday and I smelled a strong smell of gas. I sniffed around stuff like an old outboard motor, small gas can and finally opened the snowmobile trailer. Gas was dripping out of one of the snowmobiles![/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]I immediately thought maybe the gas line was leaking but when I opened the gas cap, fuel flowed up and out quite a bit, at least a cup. The other snowmobile wasn't leaking but the same thing happened when I opened the cap, about a cup of fuel bubbled out. I siphoned about 1/4 gallon from each tank and left the trailer open to air out.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Ok, so my thought is that duh, gas expands when it gets warm and I topped off these for a last ride at the end of the season that didn't happen. It was probably 28 degrees at the time and was 70 degrees yesterday. Oops.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Would any of the modern enviro crap be damaged by this? Check valves or something? I bet they have a one way vent for enviro regulations and it wasn't not allowing pressure to release. They are fuel injected so not sure if the excess pressure could cause hydro lock? I would hope also that the tank itself could not rupture from this...they would have to build them better than that right?[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]These are 2017 Skidoo Expedition Sport, 4 stroke, 900 cc fuel injected.[/font]
[font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]Wondering if I should tear them down and inspect or just try and crank them after the gas has fully evaporated.[/font]