Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

tubo de vapores

English translation:

breather pipe

Added to glossary by liz askew
Nov 3, 2008 16:59
15 yrs ago
Spanish term

tubo de vapores

Spanish to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks
A small pipe on a motorbike, attached to the petrol tank.

From an instruction manual for unpacking a motorbike, the sentence is:

Colocar el tubo de vapores al pivote del tapón de gasolina
Change log

Nov 17, 2008 09:05: liz askew changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/55353">David Russell's</a> old entry - "tubo de vapores"" to ""breather pipe""

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breather pipe

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Peer comment(s):

agree Jennifer Levey
1 min
Thank you!
agree David Brown : sounds like it but it used to be called a "breather hose" in my day
9 mins
You are probably right, David!
agree Ventnai
1 hr
Thank you!
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vapor line

Most likely it is a vapor return line that allows the gas vapors to be returned to the fuel system rather than escaping to the atmosphere.

When gas caps were allowed to vent to the atmosphere, t was through a valve inside the cap.
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Breather tube"

Sent to Motorcycle Experts March 12 04:33 PM. Motorcycle runs but pumps gas out of top breather tube under tank. Optional Information: ...
motorcycle.justanswer.com/questions/14172-fuel-comming-breather - 28k -

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In a certain motorcycle of such a type, a fuel pump is disposed within a main ..... the fuel pump 81 and the fuel tank 56, as well as the breather tube 59b, ...
www.faqs.org/patents/app/20080210203 - 42k - En caché - Páginas similares

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CF Fuel Tank: 748-998- Factory Painted Quality pre-preg CF tank made in ... This tank will require a breather tube with check valve which we have available. ...
www.speedzilla.com/forums/ducati-classifieds/51500-new-carb... - 32k - En caché - Páginas similares

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2008 Ninja 250 Motorcycle Gas Tank High Pitched Noise? ... Yes, the Kawasaki Ninja's breather tube is really narrow, and it makes a high pitched little ...
answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080821102234AAS8CBA - 41k -

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Some bikes have a separate breather tube to prevent this vacuum from building, ... definitely the fuel filter and fuel-tank breather ideas are a good ones, ...
www.totalmotorcycle.com/BBS/viewtopic.php?t=27012&sid=4461c... - 61k - En caché - Páginas similares

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Hope this works for you, David:

Motorcycle runs but pumps gas out of top breather tube under tank ... taken carb off and cleaned drained fuel tank for any impureities ...
motorcycle.justanswer.com/questions/14172-fuel-comming-breather - 28k - En caché - Páginas similares

Saludos :))
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