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My bike is running smoother on reserve.
04/15/13 at 17:38:39

So I bought my 2000 Suzuki Savage a few weeks ago. I can't drive on the streets yet so my dad's been teaching me how to ride up in a secluded area. Anyways, I have only ridden it 3 times for a few hours each time, and yesterday it started running odd. Well I ran it out of gas, which was fine, I just switched over to reserve. But when I was on reserve it ran alot smoother than on the normal setting. Maybe because it was low on gas the whole time since I didn't ride much? Or could it be this petcock problem I've been reading about?

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28651 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My bike is running smoother on reserve. Reply #1 - 04/15/13 at 17:52:26 On and Reserve are both vacuum operated... so, it shouldn't make any difference... It may be that you were stumbling on sloshed gas for while, and when you switched, it seemed better... Fill up,.. and run a few tanks... ...
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glencross96 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15	Re: My bike is running smoother on reserve. Reply #2 - 04/15/13 at 18:00:35 That's good news! I was hoping it was the gas! I don't get to ride til next Friday but I'll know soon enough! Thank you!
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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: My bike is running smoother on reserve. Reply #3 - 04/15/13 at 20:30:13 pushing the lever forward is reserve pulling the lever back is prime which did you do? If pushed forward, you have a hardening diaphragm, may not completely fail for another year. My bike had the same symptom.
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houstonbofh Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 420 Houston, TX Gender:	Re: My bike is running smoother on reserve. Reply #4 - 04/16/13 at 10:56:54 Another thing that occurred to me is that both feeds have a little filter sock on them. It could be that your main sock is gunked up, and the reserve is cleaner from less use...
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glencross96 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 15	Re: My bike is running smoother on reserve. Reply #5 - 04/17/13 at 20:18:13 I pushed forward to reserve. And I will check the feed filter things. Thanks. Question though. I can't tell if I'm running lean or rich. When at idle I can smell gas fumes which is a sign of rich. But I get backfiring when rolling off the throttle.
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