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overland YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 09/14/20 at 14:01:52 Hello all, getting ready to swap out my stock petcock for the Raptor 5LP-24500-01. My question is; do you plug both ports of the vacuum line? found a great tutorial here but it only speaks of plugging or sealing the port on the right side of the bike. My bike is a 2011 s40. Thanks
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overland YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #1 - 09/14/20 at 15:16:08 Duh! figured it out, the raptor petcock doesn't have a vacuum port.
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Papa Bear Senior Member Offline Posts: 476 Canada ... near the Motor City Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #2 - 09/15/20 at 16:22:54
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28384 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #3 - 09/16/20 at 08:13:48 overland wrote on 09/14/20 at 15:16:08: Duh! figured it out, the raptor petcock doesn't have a vacuum port. If you find one,... plug it anyway... Just poking you...
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overland YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #4 - 09/17/20 at 18:40:54 Okay guys and girls, men and women,what is the defintive answer! Do I turn my raptor petcock off when I park the bike or leave it on, Seem like there are a million opinions but no definite answer. Which is it?
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Bokobob Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 96 Gastonia, NC Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #5 - 09/17/20 at 19:10:10 Good for you Overland....Sometimes an innocent question may be laughable...I don't know enough to answer your question...Sometimes people flame others because they know everything...How 'bout somebody step up and give a straight answer.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28771 L.A. California Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #6 - 09/17/20 at 19:22:22 Turn it off when you are thru riding. That is to prevent flooding the carb.
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Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01
Reply #7 - 09/17/20 at 19:51:19

Turn it off.
The point of a vacuum operated petcock is that it turns the fuel off for you. If you replace the stock vacuum unit with a manual petcock, like the Raptor, you must manually turn it off.

There is a float valve in the carburetor that regulates the amount of fuel entering the carburetor. 99.9% of the time this float valve will shut off the fuel if you forget to turn the petcock off.

.1%of the time, for various reasons, the float valve fails to stop the fuel flow and the carburetor, engine cylinder, oil pan, and garage floor flood with gas.
So turn it off when parked.

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overland YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #8 - 09/17/20 at 20:15:20 Thanks all, Ill follow advice to turn it off when parked, seems reasonable to me. Don't want to be a victim of the 1%. Murphy's law is still in effect.
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Reply #9 - 09/18/20 at 03:55:10

I turn my petcock off at the end of the riding day - but not at every stop during the day.

And......since I am really careful (obsessed) about the damage that ethanol fuel can do when it just sits in the carb and isn't being used up - I turn the petcock off when I go through the intersection about 1/2 mile from my house. By the time I reach the end of my driveway the engine is running out of fuel and stops running, and I can coast down my driveway and into the garage. If for some reason I don't ride my bike for a week or two.....I know there is little fuel in the float bowl that can deteriorate and corrode the aluminum float bowl.

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Reply #10 - 09/18/20 at 07:45:48

Like Dave, I reach down and turn off the petcock a block or so from home or when first pulling into the garage at work. My carb isn't completely empty, probably, but there's less fuel in there for sure.
If you buy the rubber caps for the vac port on the carb, check and replace every once in a while. They tend to dry out and crack being so close to the cylinder heat.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #11 - 09/18/20 at 09:00:47 I cut the vacuum hose off and shoved a wooden dowel in which I zip tied. Maybe not sexy , but doesnt require attention.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28384 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #12 - 09/18/20 at 09:58:28 Definitively,... yes, turn off your pet when you park. I don't,... but yes you should. It also looks super cool to turn it on and off if anyone's looking.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #13 - 09/18/20 at 10:38:22 I turn off my Raptor a strategic distance from the garage so as to have very little fuel in the carb float chamber when I park the bike for any length of time.
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overland YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 27	Re: raptor petcock 5LP=24500-01 Reply #14 - 09/18/20 at 15:52:44 Thanks for the info guys, Tocsik I used the same plug you're showing, ill remember to check it once in awhile
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