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VOLKY YaBB Newbies Offline 2006 S-40 Boulevard Posts: 49 Florida Gender:	Fuel petcock 09/03/11 at 19:42:21 I have a 2006 S40 with 18,000 miles. Bought it three weeks ago. The bike will only run when the petcock is pointing to the prime position. On reserve or on position will only run for about 1/4 mile and runs out of fuel. Any sugestilns what's wrong with it?
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #1 - 09/03/11 at 19:55:45 Serowbot is usally the first to chime in on this issue, but here's a clue... Test your Petcock,.. don't just turn it to Prime.. It's a vac operated petcock & I would first check the condition of the vac line (no cracks & properly clamped on) before diving in further.
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #2 - 09/03/11 at 20:26:27 Buy this Yamaha part which makes your petcock MANUAL for $25 or buy a Suzuki replacement for $85. Part number is 5LP-24500-01-00. Used mine today when I ran out on the hwy. It has less reserve. I rode about 10 miles and put in 2.4 gal on sidestand up a little into filler neck. Some like it some don't.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #3 - 09/03/11 at 21:25:10 Just replace the vacuum line from the carb to the petcock. That will fix it.
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #4 - 09/03/11 at 21:31:54 I would suggest the vacuum line if it didn't have 18,000 miles on it and he can take Serowbot's petcock test.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #5 - 09/04/11 at 07:02:14 Boofer wrote on 09/03/11 at 21:31:54: I would suggest the vacuum line if it didn't have 18,000 miles on it and he can take Serowbot's petcock test. Yes, do the test. My vac hose fix is based on age,.....as I doubt that miliage has anything to do w/ diaphram aging.
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VOLKY YaBB Newbies Offline 2006 S-40 Boulevard Posts: 49 Florida Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #6 - 09/04/11 at 07:07:55 What is the serowbot test?
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #7 - 09/04/11 at 07:16:37 VOLKY wrote on 09/04/11 at 07:07:55: What is the serowbot test? I don't have it, but never fear, these old cojers will wake up soon and post it.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #8 - 09/04/11 at 07:31:41 I think this is Serowbots test http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1251932429 See, I told ya one of them old cojers would wake up !
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #9 - 09/04/11 at 09:40:22 You're doing fine Routy, just keep answering all his questions as they come up .... See, I told you Routy was a good'un -- right helpful and nice too.
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #10 - 09/04/11 at 10:23:21 Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 09/04/11 at 09:40:22: You're doing fine Routy, just keep answering all his questions as they come up .... See, I told you Routy was a good'un -- right helpful and nice too. OF, Just because the goin gets rough, don't be pawning your job off on me ! You do just fine,.....as long as I don't get too far away
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Re: Fuel petcock
Reply #11 - 09/04/11 at 15:53:41

T'ain't rough, ssmmoooth sailing as always.

Simply tell them what to do, only then will they learn enough about it to supply you with the hidden clues you needed to tell them what to do ....

huh? Wink

I mean, it takes them a try or two for them to tell you enough for you to figure out their rear brake is adjusted too tight and that was why "their carburetor was malfunctioning" and they had lost them some high speed performance due to that last pesky oil change ....

Beyond that, a good sense of humor helps a lot.

You'll get the hang of it after a time or two or three -- no sweat, it's easy.

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Re: Fuel petcock
Reply #12 - 09/09/11 at 15:17:37

Ok, here is what I found. The vaccum line is connected to the carburator, but was not connected to the petcock. I ran the engine and does have vaccum.

Now, I can not find where the hose connects to the petcock. On the left side of the carburator is the fuel line from the petcock to the carburator, and another smaller hose (same size as the vaccum hose) that goes from the petcock to the left side of the carburator. I can not find where the vaccum hose goes.

Can anyone help me? Pictures will be greatly appreciated. Hopefully this will solve the problem.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #13 - 09/09/11 at 15:24:06 tech section index (see below) carb specs
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Fuel petcock Reply #14 - 09/09/11 at 15:31:52 Sounds like you have a vent line hooked to the petcock vacuum tap... Where do they go?... and what do they connect too?... They go here,... and they connect to nothing. They should be open to atmosphere... Vac line goes from carb rightside to rear of petcock... ...
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