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Ive got an 02 and am in the process of selling it. It, hopefully is going to Canada. The prospective buyer may need to have paper work stating that the recall on the crimp type hose clamp and o-rings on the fuel lines was performed. He is checking with the broker to see if they can wait till it gets imported before performing the recall.The recall calls for the shop to inspect the clamps and o-rings for leaks or damage. If ok, send the bike down the road, if not replace the offending part.I am the second owner of the bike and have no idea if it had ever been preformed.. I did put new o-rings in when I replaced the battery last year, you know why. The fuel lines are as dry as a bone.This recall is very straight forward, no hidden parts. It either leaks or it doesn't. Rather obvious to me. I wanted to know if anyone out there was in the same position as me, and if this is a big deal with Canadian Transport Ministery.

Sorry 4 my English, but are those o-rings the ones which connects the fuel lines after the injection pump and before teh fuel enters the chamber? Little plastic pieces which holds togheter a rubber tube?

Hello Gus. Yes, you are correct. The o-rings fits in a groove on the male part of the quick disconnect.

Didn't know there has been any recall of some sort..it happened last year that one of those broke while I was riding ay 130km/h and fuel sprayed all over my right leg. I absoultely complained those damn little pieces were to be subsituted at least once a season or with a non conductive metallic ones...now I change them regularly at my own expenses.

Any BMW dealer can take the VIN of your bike and check in BMWNA's computer file if there are any pending not done recalls. If there is a outstanding recall, he can do the job. If there is no outstanding recall on the bike, he can print the page and that should be good enough to show that all recalls were done.

B52G wrote:Ive got an 02 and am in the process of selling it. It, hopefully is going to Canada. The prospective buyer may need to have paper work stating that the recall on the crimp type hose clamp and o-rings on the fuel lines was performed. He is checking with the broker to see if they can wait till it gets imported before performing the recall.The recall calls for the shop to inspect the clamps and o-rings for leaks or damage. If ok, send the bike down the road, if not replace the offending part.I am the second owner of the bike and have no idea if it had ever been preformed.. I did put new o-rings in when I replaced the battery last year, you know why. The fuel lines are as dry as a bone.This recall is very straight forward, no hidden parts. It either leaks or it doesn't. Rather obvious to me. I wanted to know if anyone out there was in the same position as me, and if this is a big deal with Canadian Transport Ministery.

One day they don't leak, the next, they pour gas all over your leg and gas runs out the bottom of the bike. You can figure this one out yourself. Look at the crimp clamps and see if they are crimped or not. The ones that leak usually look like they were never crimped or barely so. The special tool is expensive as usual so just use a dull side cutter (wire cutter) and carefully squeeze where needed. If you were going to keep it I would suggest some new high quality clamps to replace those things, just like I would suggest you replace those plastic fuel line fittings before they fail with real metal ones. Good luck,

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I never heard anything about o-rings, but the fuel line clamps were a problem, and probably still will be if they are the crimp type. They can re-crimp them all they want, but the fact is they will leak again if there are any quick temperature changes (like going from a somewhat warm garage to cold temps outside). To address the recall, the delaers simply re-crimp the lines using their special BMW tool. To 'fix' the problem, the crimps should be removed and real fuel line clamps be put in place.

Good luck on your sale!