Is this an MOT failure or not..?!

[Jungian64]

The touring is up for its MOT next week, so had a poke around...and found this behind the rear wheel - Iam pretty sure its the sleeve that goes around the fuel line from the filler to the tank - so is this a failure or not? and if it is, what can be done about it..?!!



Thanks.

[Brianmoooore]

Won't be a fail as long as the hole is confined to the removable cover. A hole in the inner wing itself will be a fail if the hole is within 300mm of a suspension mounting point.

[Jungian64]

Blimey..theres a removable cover under all that!

[Brianmoooore]

Blimey..theres a removable cover under all that!

Not very much of it in your case, I fear.

[Jungian64]

I fear, you're right!

[Grrrmachine]

Mine went exactly the same way:



The cover plate is held on with four plastic nuts (M8, IIRC), and one end pokes into the bodywork closest to the tank.

You can pick up new ones for a reasonable price, or even used ones if you're a penny pincher. If you're nimble, you don't even have to take the wheel off to swap it over.

[Jungian64]

Nice one!

Your inner wing looks considerabley cleaner than my cow crud encrusted one!

Thanks for the tip off.

[aimlessrock]

Mate, the cabby's have the same set up, i replaced mine few months ago, its a just a bolt on cover, the part was about £40.00 plus vat from memory from the main dealers