SgtBunny
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« on: November 26, 2009, 04:06:57 PM » |
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Ok, I started working at getting the bike ready to winterize and noticed something odd.
I was going to turn the petcock to OFF and run the bike till she died, then open the bowls.
The bike kept going.
I know I should not trust the stock petcock but is this a sign of it leaking by?
thanks
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gregc
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« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2009, 04:25:33 PM » |
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How long did you let it run? At idle it will take a while to run out of fuel. Think how far you can ride before it shuts down when you forget to turn the fuel on.
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Valkpilot
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« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2009, 04:28:08 PM » |
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The bike will run for quite a while at 60 mph with the petcock closed. From personal experience, I know that it will run long enough at idle to do a carb sync.
There may not be anything wrong.
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SgtBunny
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2009, 04:47:29 PM » |
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I will give her another try.
I don't know why I am even thinking about it since I want to sync my carbs this winter as well as replace old vac lines.
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2009, 04:48:05 PM » |
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With the gas valve closed, it takes about a mile-and-a-half. . . . at 50 mph +/- before she starts to sputter.
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fudgie
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2009, 05:01:20 PM » |
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Not sure if I would run it dry. IMHO it would dry everything out and might varnish.
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2009, 05:21:32 PM » |
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It is easier to just drain the carbs.
Carbs setting drained thru the winter will NOT cause any damage.
Running the bike until it stalls, leaves a little gas in the bowls to dry out and gum up in the bottom of the bowls.
Place a container under the carb drain tube.
Turn the petcock to off.
Open all carb drains and stand the bike straight and level.
Wait until it drains.
Close the drain screws in each carb.
Done in less than the time it take to read this.
Thanks Pete.
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Hoser
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« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2009, 11:01:20 PM » |
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If you do as pete says and the carbs drain until the tank is empty, you will know that the petcock is defective!  hoser |
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« Reply #8 on: November 27, 2009, 06:34:34 AM » |
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Great point Hoser. If you get more than 6 to 8 oz. of fuel out, then something is wrong. And if it keeps draining like Hoser said then something is definitely wrong.
Moving the petcock from off to on with the carb drains open will test the petcock vaccum diaphram shutoff, if fuel drains on ON then the vaccum assembly is not working correctly.
Thanks again Poser, great point.
Pete.
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