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Hi, I have gas in my oil. I have a 2008 Suzuki S40. I have previously replaced my petcock with a raptor (apprx 4 years ago). Symptoms my bike was displaying was struggling to start up in the morning (worse in cold weather 50 degrees and under). Issue progressed to struggling to start every day and most days drains the battery before it fires and will die at idle unless idle screw is set to idle very, very high.
I've been researching on the site and leaning towards petcock being the problem and I will likely order a new one tomorrow. In the meantime, I removed the carb and will do at least a light cleaning.
Other info: My air filter is overdue for a change, air filter box is run open, passage looks clean. Spark plug inspected and looks normal to me. I haven't adjusted the small gold screw on carb since problems started. Jets seem clean. Floats seem to move normal. Raptor looks normal and fuel flow is good out of petcock line and out of bottom of carb bowl. Battery recently tested as good. Also, I have an oil leak which has gotten worse since the gas/oil mix.
My guess is petcock issue because when I replaced the stock petcock with the raptor I was having similar issues, but didn't think it was common for raptor to create similar issues.
My inclination is something is creating a very rich mix, could the petcock be responsible for creating a rich enough mix to get into the oil?
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