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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #45 - 01/07/10 at 11:25:48 Squirt some WD40 around in the potential leak area. The idle will change.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #46 - 01/09/10 at 10:40:06 that's what he was saying! the idle sometimes like to go up and down a little while @ a light....hmmmm i'm going to laugh if i put a raptor on there, and i never have to worry again !
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Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather?
Reply #47 - 01/10/10 at 20:17:31

Rocco wrote on 01/07/10 at 08:02:02:

....what happens if u 4get to turn the petcock off and it sits over night?

Short answer (assumes OEM petcock):

1. If the petcock is good and the needle valve is good, no problem.

2. If the petcock is good and the needle valve is bad, no problem.

3. If the petcock is bad and the needle valve is good, no problem.

4. If the petcock is bad and the needle valve is bad, problem.

If the petcock is a non-vacuum design (e.g. the Raptor petcock):

1. If the needle valve is good, no problem.

2. If the needle valve is bad, problem.

Clear as mud?

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #48 - 01/11/10 at 08:01:21 hahaha thank u sir!! i think i got it! so what goes wrong with the stock petcock? it doesn't hold the vacuum @ idle?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #49 - 01/11/10 at 09:34:43 Diaphragm splits/cracks.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #50 - 01/11/10 at 11:31:28 oooooooooooooooooooh! ok cool, well then it happening only sometimes is the weird part!!
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #51 - 01/11/10 at 20:48:55 Rocco wrote on 01/11/10 at 11:31:28: oooooooooooooooooooh! ok cool, well then it happening only sometimes is the weird part!! Rocco, I had a petcock problem that was intermittent: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1152108113/0 All bets are off if the petcock diaphragm starts acting up!
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Reply #52 - 01/12/10 at 19:12:50

thanks! ok, so u took off the vacuum line, can i just run it in res and leave it like that? or should i leave it on prime and turn it to res on shutoff, i just wanna be totally clear !

i wouldn't mind that @ all, as i don't wanna buy a raptor just yet. if i can run it as mentioned above i'm down for that, if not maybe i'll convert it to a manual...as soon as i figure out how lol

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #53 - 01/14/10 at 07:45:14 ran her in prime all night, and not a problem! a bike not stalling @ idle...what a concept!! do i have to switch it back to "on" when it sits? or do i leave it in pri???? so now i am sure it's the vacuum, i'm goin to convert it to manual, hopefully soon because i want to paint my head covers =]
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #54 - 01/14/10 at 07:57:03 If you leave it in prime & the carb float/valve doesnt shut off, youve got a problem,
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #55 - 01/14/10 at 12:54:50 thats during shutoff right? i can ride it in prime? lol
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather? Reply #56 - 01/14/10 at 13:53:55 Rocco wrote on 01/14/10 at 12:54:50: thats during shutoff right? i can ride it in prime? lol Yes, but pay close attention to your mileage, because in Prime you have no reserve.
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Re: petcock? fuel line? cold weather?
Reply #57 - 01/14/10 at 21:03:46

Rocco,

I rode for years with a bad petcock before I replaced it with a Raptor.

Before I started the bike (see signature) for the first ride of the day, I set the petcock lever to PRI. I left it on PRI while I was riding the bike. If I parked it at a store or something , I just left it on PRI. When I parked the bike in the garage after the ride, I set the petcock lever to ON.

I was aware that I no longer had the Reserve feature to protect me.

Worked for me!

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