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Dies while driving
01/19/13 at 17:29:34

Dies while driving....pull over and stop, sit a while, maybe 10 minutes and then it starts ok....drive for maybe a half mile or so then it dies again like it's out of gas so I coast into a gas station and filler-up with regular gas...only took about a gallon so it wasn't out of gas...just on a hunch I put a small 8oz bottle of dry gas A.K.A. gas line antifreeze in and it runs fine the rest of the day.....rode about 200 miles without missing a beat.......get home and begin to check for the problem.......check the fuel hoses...vacuum hoses...I have a clear see-through fuel filter and it's clean...all looks fine....never had the problem again so I think there might have been some water in the gas from that morning's fillup. Had this happen to me one warm day in October. Something to consider if it ever happens to you.

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teggy Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 63	Re: Dies while driving Reply #1 - 01/19/13 at 17:54:40 Are you still running the stock petcock? If so I would do the petcock test in the technical forum. I would bet it's fuel starvation.
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Qwapy Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 82 Orlando, Florida Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #2 - 01/19/13 at 21:42:59 Test your Petcock http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1251932429/1
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #3 - 01/20/13 at 00:26:23 If memory serves there is also a little screen filter inside the tank on the petcock. Make sure it is not clogged. The FireLizard had those exact symptoms one time and that was what the problem was.
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Wake51 Full Member Offline Murphy's Law Posts: 214 St. Louis Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #4 - 01/20/13 at 02:15:21 Mystery fuel starvation problems are almost always solved by replacing with the Raptor Petcock! Mine always wanted to die at stoplights. I put on a Raptor petcock for about 16 bucks, never looked back.
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strang Senior Member Offline Posts: 387 london Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #5 - 01/20/13 at 04:18:14 I still can't believe Suzuki can be still selling a bike with this known petcock issue. Almost like they are trying to keep this site busy.
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Re: Dies while driving
Reply #6 - 01/20/13 at 06:40:41

I agree with above. Check your petcock. It's easy to do, and could very well be your problem. Could also be a bad gas tank vent. But I would thinkyou would get more than half a mile before building up a vacuum that would stop fuel flow.

As far as why they keep putting on the vacuum petcock, there might be some sort of federal mandate. I don't know. I know it makes it easier for the novices that get these bikes lots of times to get on and go.

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Re: Dies while driving
Reply #7 - 01/20/13 at 06:40:57

strang wrote on 01/20/13 at 04:18:14:

I still can't believe Suzuki can be still selling a bike with this known petcock issue. Almost like they are trying to keep this site busy. Wink

In reality, it is a very small %age of the vac petcocks that give any trouble. It is used here as a scapegoat for every fuel related problem there ever was.

And to the OP,.....no matter what your problem really was, stick around here,.......and they'll have you believing it was a vac petcock problem,........even ifr you already changed it !!

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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #8 - 01/20/13 at 07:44:33 Am I the only one who read the title and thought it meant the RIDER dies while riding?
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #9 - 01/20/13 at 08:42:50 Greg wrote on 01/20/13 at 07:44:33: Am I the only one who read the title and thought it meant the RIDER dies while riding? NO....but I'll never admit it
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #10 - 01/20/13 at 11:18:59 Greg wrote on 01/20/13 at 07:44:33: Am I the only one who read the title and thought it meant the RIDER dies while riding? I die a little every time I get into a cage.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Dies while driving Reply #11 - 01/20/13 at 11:28:16 Mine used to die after about a 5 or 10 minute ride. It wouldnt even turn over, like someone unhooked the battery. Then, 5 minutes or so later, fire right up & go on for the day,,I never did find that, it just quit doing it..
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Qwapy Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 82 Orlando, Florida Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #12 - 01/20/13 at 17:35:09 R.I.P :'(
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Super Thumper Senior Member Offline 2001 LS650 With 97mm Big Bore Kit, Stage III Cam. Posts: 469 Windsor, Vermont Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #13 - 01/21/13 at 07:33:47 I drained the tank and removed the petcock...all was clean...like I said the problem never repeated itself after putting the drygas in the tank which is why I think it was water in the gas. NO I didn't die while riding but in the grand scheme of life I guess that wouldn't be a bad way to go......LIVE TO RIDE.....RIDE TO LIVE !!
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rat907 YaBB Newbies Offline Have bike will travel Posts: 26 Las Vegas, NV Gender:	Re: Dies while driving Reply #14 - 01/23/13 at 18:42:33 strang wrote on 01/20/13 at 04:18:14: I still can't believe Suzuki can be still selling a bike with this known petcock issue. Almost like they are trying to keep this site busy. Its a predetermined service repair. they gotta keep the shops busy fixing the headaches or dealers would starve.
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