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Posted by Pooh
- March 23, 2016, 13:55:41 PMThanks, I'll check both. So if the petcock is in the "on" position, it should not let fuel pass unless the bike is running?
Posted by dkeshish
- March 21, 2016, 00:31:03 AMI posted a while back that when I parked my bike I would smell gas the following day. After 1 day there would be a puddle below the exhaust. I removed the main line hose leading out from the petcock just to see if it was leaking and it turns out it was the petcock.
Quote from: Pooh on March 17, 2016, 15:15:25 PMMy 04 ran great last week. Parked it in the garage and the next day saw fuel dripping from the exhaust pipe,just before the muffler. Bike was hard to start then while running, fuel poured out from that spot. ran terribly before stalling. After it quit, fuel dripped from the vent hose, too. I opened the fuel cap while it was running but no change. Any ideas? Thnx
Posted by greenbarn
- March 18, 2016, 20:18:12 PMYep, what Troll said.
You might check the vacuum controlled petcock as well. Mine stopped working a couple years ago. If you are getting that much fuel through there, I'd guess both are bad. My petcock went bad a couple years ago, I noticed it when I had the fuel line off. It is supposed to automatically close when the bike is off, and only opens when vacuum is applied (bike running).
Posted by Troll
- March 17, 2016, 20:11:30 PMStuck float...crap under the needle. Just like when the toilet won't stop filling...
Posted by Pooh
- March 17, 2016, 15:15:25 PMMy 04 ran great last week. Parked it in the garage and the next day saw fuel dripping from the exhaust pipe,just before the muffler. Bike was hard to start then while running, fuel poured out from that spot. ran terribly before stalling. After it quit, fuel dripped from the vent hose, too. I opened the fuel cap while it was running but no change. Any ideas? Thnx