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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1429 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Raptor leaking 05/21/15 at 20:35:01 Put a shot of gas in the tank to check the new raptor, and sure enough it leaks. Not much, but enough to scare the landlord if he sees it. The gasket with this unit looks very thin. If I really squeeze it down, will that hurt or help? Sealant? Thanks. ps: by 'gasket' I mean the thin rubber perimeter seal!
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Flint Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks Alberta! Posts: 124	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #1 - 05/21/15 at 20:47:16 When I took the factory petcock off mine the paint was flaing a bit where it had touched. I scraped the tank bare and brushed on Aviation Gasket Cement before I put the new one on.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #2 - 05/21/15 at 20:52:29 I just rubbed off the flaking paint with my finger an put the thing on, no leak
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #3 - 05/21/15 at 20:54:20 Chimp, Did you put any kind of lubrication on the gasket? I usually use a dry lube on gaskets like the one used on the Raptor petcock. Any kind of lubrication will keep the gasket from "bunching" when you tighten the bolts down. And, as Flint mentioned make sure everything is clean. Kenny G
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hotprops Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 180 fort myers fl	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #4 - 05/21/15 at 21:05:14 fuel lube ,you need it in your tool box . try aircraft spruce . it goes under many names . call them
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1429 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #5 - 05/21/15 at 21:05:34 Surprised that suzuki wouldn't clean the mating surface. Yes, I put it on the painted surface, my bad. It's now clean and I'll try some kind of sealant. Thanks. Any 'brand name' of a sealant?
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Re: Raptor leaking
Reply #6 - 05/22/15 at 03:14:02

RTV and most gasket makers are not gasoline/fuel proof. As a test once I put a small hole in a soda bottle and covered it with the RTV gasked material and let it cure overnight. The next day when I put gas in the bottle, the RTV was leaking within 30 minutes.

This one is:
http://www.permatex.com/products-2/product-categories/gasketing/gasket-sealan...

I also found another product at my local auto parts store but I can't remember who made it ........you need one that is gasoline/fuel proof. Be careful not to get one that is a "repair" for fuel tanks....as it most likely will be an epoxy and permanently attach the petcock to the tank.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #7 - 05/22/15 at 04:18:46 The oring sticks up almost a sixteenth, nothing but head pressure. A straight, smooth mating surface should not leak. Make sure the oring is sticking up out of the groove in the petcock and inspect the mating surfaces. No goo should be needed.
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Re: Raptor leaking
Reply #8 - 05/22/15 at 09:36:38

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 05/22/15 at 04:18:46:

The oring sticks up almost a sixteenth, nothing but head pressure.
A straight, smooth mating surface should not leak.
Make sure the oring is sticking up out of the groove in the petcock and inspect the mating surfaces. No goo should be needed.

Agreed, a clean, flat mating surface should be the only requirement

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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1429 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #9 - 05/22/15 at 14:21:36 my o-ring does not stick up much, in spite of having a yam part#. I think that was part of my problem. Off to the store now to find some goo.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #10 - 05/22/15 at 15:45:27 Can you still get "Stag" jointing compound over there? That's the only "goo" I trust to be 100% fuel proof. I needed to make a couple new cork washers for the fuel tap bolts to get mine stop leaking.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #11 - 05/22/15 at 16:13:18 I wonder if Yamaha sells them. If you didn't get a Gin You Wine Yamaha petcock maybe you got a skinny gasket, maybe the groove is a bit deep..
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Re: Raptor leaking
Reply #12 - 05/22/15 at 19:43:18

clean the tank surface - no bumps or flakes allowed.

I ALWAYS dress gaskets (overkill, yes, but I used to be a british bike owner who hated oil leaks).

For FUEL, I used Hylomar - now its OWN brand, not sold by permatex. However, permatex now sells a Hylomar "clone". see: Permatex 85420 Permashield Fuel Resistant Gasket Dressing & Sealant, 2 oz Tube

blue, tacky, non hardening goo. use very little.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #13 - 05/22/15 at 20:50:43 Im calling it a gasket, its an oring, really, And I never replaced the valve cover ones,
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swing69 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 214 Central Joisey Gender:	Re: Raptor leaking Reply #14 - 05/23/15 at 15:10:47 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 05/22/15 at 20:50:43: Im calling it a gasket, its an oring, really, And I never replaced the valve cover ones, understood. both seal. Hylomar on all gaskets, including Orings! no worries.
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