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Fuel tank leak at petcock
08/27/11 at 19:30:02

I've been woking on a Ryca conversion, and have everything assembled and installed but the fuel petcock. I put that in today and put about a 1/4 gallon of gas in and there was a leak at the fuel petcock, from around the bolts. It was a steady drip from the leak.

I drained the tank and removed the petcock. There was some small bits of corrosion on the petcock, which I cleaned off, and the rubber o-ring gasket was whole. I had the tank painted when I got it back from Ryca, so the bottom of the tank is smooth.

Is there another gasket that goes between the petcock and the tank or is it just the o-ring in the petcock?

Any other ideas on how to get the tank to seal?

I just saw the link on Raptor petcocks, would that help?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Fuel tank leak at petcock Reply #1 - 08/27/11 at 19:49:56 If the rust you knocked off was on the tank where the O ring sits, then the tank has a low spot & the O ring has a dent in it & each is trying to seal with th other.
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krolik YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Fuel tank leak at petcock Reply #2 - 08/27/11 at 19:54:13 The tank bottom is new & flat, it's a ryca conversion. I ordered a new Raptor petcock on eBay, I'll see if that fixes the problem.
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Re: Fuel tank leak at petcock
Reply #3 - 08/27/11 at 20:59:41

krolik wrote on 08/27/11 at 19:30:02:

I've been woking on a Ryca conversion, and have everything assembled and installed but the fuel petcock. I put that in today and put about a 1/4 gallon of gas in and there was a leak at the fuel petcock, from around the bolts. It was a steady drip from the leak.

Do you have washers on the petcock bolts?

I think you're supposed to have sealing washers.

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krolik YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Fuel tank leak at petcock Reply #4 - 08/27/11 at 21:39:26 I have flat washers for the bolts.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28754 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Fuel tank leak at petcock Reply #5 - 08/27/11 at 21:49:38 krolik wrote on 08/27/11 at 21:39:26: I have flat washers for the bolts. rubber coated?
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