does anyone have problems with there vortex cap leaking around the base,
as in between the base of the cap and the tank itself?

 

yea i got the same prob and it keeps getting underneeth my stomp pad

 

They have been leaking for years.. Thats just how they are...As far as using it for a stunt bike

 

Try to find a little bit thicker o ring that will fit in there. Usually solves the problem.

 

its such a **** off, it gets under my stomp grip aswell i gotta re glue it on all the time, and yes carms is on a stuntbike

 

or use some seal all

mine does not leak though

 

VORTEX IS GARBAGE.....swith to HARRIS, sooooooo much better than Vortex or Pro-Tek

 

Yeah I know. lol

 

i tried usin seal all around it, it works for so long till the gas eats it away

 

Get a Harris gas cap and your leaking problem will be a thing of the past!!
It is 10x better than the Vortex. It looks 10x as pimp too:YEAH

 

like the cap doesn't even let my tank vent sometimes i take the lid off and it pops out cuz its under pressure, is anyone else havin venting issues?
thats prolly why the gas is raising and tryin to get out around the lid

 

if you take the cap off, you should see a little 2mm allen screw on the base. that is your vent. loosen that sxrew a turn or take it completely out. also I used quicksteel around the entire base of mine, then covered the tank and base with tech-spec. havent had a problem since.

 

thanks t-neck, i figured the screw would help the cap vent, i'll take it out and then do the tank in seal-all,
the gas won't leak up through that vent if i take the screw completly out will it?

 

It shouldnt. Mine dosent anyways. dnt use seal all, use quicksteel. seal all Breaks down too easily. and bubbes your paint.

 

just take out the little screw like t-neck said and then just by some gasket paper at any auto parts store and cut out a new gasket to go under the base of the cap....

taking out the little screw may actually do the trick because with out pressure in the tank it may not leak at all

 

took the screw out, and made up a gasket outta an old dirt bike inner tube, and put seal al on it as well, hope it works

 

when i was tightening down my vortex gas cap, i had someone tighten the allens evenly around the top of the tank while i stood on it, fixed the leak around the base/tank, haven't had a problem since!!!!! gangsta i know but what ever works!!!!
the little allen on the base is your vent!