2018 Honda CRF1000A Fuel system Problems

“2018 Honda africa twin adventure sports. At 1,750 miles on the motorcycle, I discovered a considerable amount of white sediment in gas tank due to welding slag in the manufacturing process. The sediment ended up clogging up the fuel filters and stoping the fuel pump. This resulted in the motorcycle being starved for fuel and not running. I was stranded on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.”

“This is the known, dirty fuel tank weld seams issue that only affects the larger, adventure sports models. The material on the seams flakes off and clogs the fuel filter and fuel pump. It is a ferrous, white dust. The face book groups devoted to this model are full of photos and descriptions from many, many others that have experienced this issue and my dealer has dealt with this before, I can provide many, many links to fb posts with pictures documenting what is in the tank when this occurs. This occurred at 4,000 miles on the odometer. …”

“Motorcycle engine died while riding on a major highway. Bike slowed down quickly and I had to move over to the shoulder quickly. After a few minutes I could start the bike again but this happened several times on my way home. I found that the fuel pump in tank is starving, resulting in stalling of the motorcycle. Pre filter and filter in the tank fuel delivery module are clogged with grey flakes. Flakes seem to be corrosion or coating of tank welds. I cleaned the tank and installed a new pre-filter and covered the entire fuel delivery module in a filter type sock to prevent future issues. …”

“With 3,000 miles on the motorcycle the engine surges when traveling at highway speeds and had a loss of power. Upon research, I found several articles describing fuel tank issues on the Honda africa twin adventure sport (atas) model. I removed the fuel tank and found contamination in the fuel pump and the fuel filter. Contamination consisted of white flaky material (looks like dandruff) and small bits of dark powdery metallic flakes. An inspection of the fuel tank revealed no obvious breach of the tank liner integrity, however the weld seams appeared to have a white discoloration in the seams. …”

“The fuel tank has a grey matter that is flaking off and clogging the fuel strainer, fuel filter and most likely damaging the injectors. The bike stalled while turning in a busy intersection almost causing a accident. I cleaned up the fuel pump, filter and strainer but without a properly built tank this problem is going to happen again. The bike has 7,873 miles on it.”