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Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Tube
07/12/12 at 14:38:33

So, I just bought a 2000 Savage the other day. It has 9,000 miles. The guy who sold it said he gummed up the carb.

Anyway, I drained the tank and carb, filled the carb with carb cleaner and let it set for a while. Drained the carb, then put a little gas in it.

The bike started but when it runs the cleaner drain tube expels liquid everywhere. I took out the air cleaner and it is definitely coming from there.

Is this some sort of jet issue? Like, a dirty jet or something?

Anyone have some ideas? I really wanna ride this bike! haha

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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #1 - 07/12/12 at 14:44:00 Sounds like what just happened to me, bad petcock causes fuel to leak either into the airbox or into the crankcase. If its in the airbox just clean everything up, replace petcock with a raptor, and ride. If its also in the crankcase you will need to change the oil.
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Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain
Reply #2 - 07/12/12 at 15:12:38

Fuel is overflowing from the carb to the airbox and is draining out the drain tube. It could be the petcock or the carb itself (if the petcock was left on Prime), though the stock petcock is prone to such failures and the amount shown in your upside-down image makes me think it's the petcock. If the stock petcock is functioning properly and is not on Prime, even a faulty carb could only leak very little fuel. There's a post in the tech section on how to test your petcock. Please try that and, if it proves the petcock is bad, I would agree with the suggestion that you replace it with a Raptor. Personally, I'd change the oil after it's fixed just to be sure it's not contaminated.

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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: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #3 - 07/12/12 at 15:22:05 What carb cleaner did you use?
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bggjr YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 14	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #4 - 07/12/12 at 15:47:09 Berryman's.
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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: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #5 - 07/12/12 at 16:00:55 bggjr wrote on 07/12/12 at 15:47:09: Berryman's. There you go, ate all the rubber outta your carb... RIP dear rubber.
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bggjr YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 14	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #6 - 07/12/12 at 16:09:34 Just checked the vacuum line from the petcock and there were trace amounts of fluid in it. I did not suck on it like the one helpful article suggested because I could not make myself do that right before dinner. Should that be 100% dry?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28625 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #7 - 07/12/12 at 16:31:32 Yes, it should be dry... Try the test in this link...Test your Petcock,.. don't just turn it to Prime.. (capping off the vac line and running on Prime setting)... if that fixes the problem,.. you have a bad petcock..
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #8 - 07/12/12 at 21:03:49 Hey bggjr, are you in Australia?
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bggjr YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 14	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #9 - 07/13/12 at 07:59:41 No. I am in Oklahoma, USA.
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mayor4u YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 49	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #10 - 07/13/12 at 08:48:20 I would make sure your not overfilling the tank.. re: level above the ring at the filler neck, forces fuel to the airbox, I leave about a 1/4 " below the tube when filling my tank
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Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain
Reply #11 - 07/13/12 at 11:00:48

That much gasoline in an airbox is dangerous -- it can come from the float valve in the carb not sealing off correctly, it can come from the vac petcock leaking fuel down the vac tube and back down to the air box.

But in either case there is a whole LOT of it. One backfire through the carb and you could be sitting on a weenie roast (your weenies).

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Do the seal off tricks for the vac petcock mentioned up thread first, see if it stops the problem. You may be lucky and just have another of many bad vac petcocks. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1251932429/1

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However, if you poured straight Berryman's into your carb and let it sit, you may have damaged the float valve seat's rubber seal surface (and perhaps quite a few other things made of rubber as well). No carb cleaner should ever be put full strength into a carb and then let sit to eat things.

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Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain
Reply #12 - 07/13/12 at 11:08:51

mayor4u wrote on 07/13/12 at 08:48:20:

I would make sure your not overfilling the tank.. re: level above the ring at the filler neck, forces fuel to the airbox, I leave about a 1/4 " below the tube when filling my tank

I'm always ready for some new knowledge, please tell us the path this "overfilled" gasoline takes from gas tank to airbox.

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Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain
Reply #13 - 07/13/12 at 12:56:10

Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 07/13/12 at 11:08:51:

mayor4u wrote on 07/13/12 at 08:48:20:

I would make sure your not overfilling the tank.. re: level above the ring at the filler neck, forces fuel to the airbox, I leave about a 1/4 " below the tube when filling my tank

I'm always ready for some new knowledge, please tell us the path this "overfilled" gasoline takes from gas tank to airbox.

I would think that even an overfilled tank wont drain into the carb if the petcock is working properly (or if its a raptor, make sure you turn the darn thing off when you not riding, I learned that the hard way Wink

). If the tank was overfilled and the petcock was working properly then the gas would come out the filler cap as many have seen. If the petcock was not working then it does not matter how much fuel you put in, the fuel is going to leak out somewhere.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28625 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Gas-type liquid coming from Air Cleaner Drain Reply #14 - 07/13/12 at 13:08:26 Cavi Mike wrote on 07/12/12 at 21:03:49: Hey bggjr, are you in Australia? Is bggjr's world upside down,... or is it just me?... ...
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