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06/10/12 at 13:44:35

I was out today and the scooter began sputtering. Time for gas. No problem. Before I could move my hand down to turn it to reserve, it pretty much died. It took about 5 seconds of coasting before it ran correctly again. I put 2.1 gallons in and it has been fine. It has never just refused to run when it begins to sputter. I always have the chance to think "was that a sputter? do i need gas?". Not this time.

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Re: Very weird...
Reply #1 - 06/10/12 at 14:00:15

How fast were you going? At higher speeds the float bowl empties faster and you don't have as much time to put it on reserve and have the float bowl fill. If the engine quits, or splutters enough to seriously reduce the vacuum, the petcock won't work and your float bowl won't fill at all.
This is an intelligent (????) guess, because exactly the same thing has happened to me. One of the reasons why I put the Raptor on.

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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Very weird... Reply #2 - 06/10/12 at 14:13:16 The speed thing makes sense. I was moving about 45mph. It is just the first time this has happened. I really like the concept of the vacuum petcock. I understand it has quirks and is costly to replace but, to me, it has some advantages over the Raptor. If this becomes the norm, I may change my mind.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Very weird... Reply #3 - 06/10/12 at 14:32:34 Ive been at highway speeds & had it just straight up Coff & die,,Time to reach down & pull on that lever to get prime going. Its also famous for wimping out approaching a stop, when Im busy handling clutches & shifters & brakes,,then it dies as soon as I get stopped,,
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Re: Very weird...
Reply #4 - 06/11/12 at 06:52:36

arteacher wrote on 06/10/12 at 14:00:15:

How fast were you going? At higher speeds the float bowl empties faster and you don't have as much time to put it on reserve and have the float bowl fill. If the engine quits, or splutters enough to seriously reduce the vacuum, the petcock won't work and your float bowl won't fill at all.
This is an intelligent (????) guess, because exactly the same thing has happened to me. One of the reasons why I put the Raptor on.

I too have the Raptor petcock, and I fitted it before measuring it vs. the OEM item.
Now I have no idea of how much reserve gas I have (I assume the OEM petcock would ensure about 1 quart...)

Does anybody know +/- how much gas one has with the Raptor petcock ? Roll Eyes

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Re: Very weird...
Reply #5 - 06/12/12 at 05:53:18

mpescatori wrote on 06/11/12 at 06:52:36:

arteacher wrote on 06/10/12 at 14:00:15:

How fast were you going? At higher speeds the float bowl empties faster and you don't have as much time to put it on reserve and have the float bowl fill. If the engine quits, or splutters enough to seriously reduce the vacuum, the petcock won't work and your float bowl won't fill at all.
This is an intelligent (????) guess, because exactly the same thing has happened to me. One of the reasons why I put the Raptor on.

I too have the Raptor petcock, and I fitted it before measuring it vs. the OEM item.
Now I have no idea of how much reserve gas I have (I assume the OEM petcock would ensure about 1 quart...)

Does anybody know +/- how much gas one has with the Raptor petcock ? Roll Eyes

Not yet....but I will soon. I am going to measure flow rates, physical size and reserve capacities just for kicks. I hope to get it done this weekend.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Very weird... Reply #6 - 06/12/12 at 05:55:48 Yea, Pesci, if ya wanna know whats left, drain the tank on Run, set that aside & drain it on reserve, measure that & calculate the miles you could get,
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