petcock diaphragm failure and a.d.d?

[chris kelty]

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[mark ward]

I have struggled with...... TO CHANGE OR NOT TO CHANGE? That tis the Question. What I KNOW! ......I, have seen 3 bikes that forgot to shut off the Valve during winter storage, and it not ONLY Flooded the carb, but then OVERFLOWED INTO THE ENGINE, THE WHOLE GAS TANK. Some leaking onto the floor. I ALSO KNOW! .......I HAVE A.D.D, (VERY BAD AT TIMES) So If I get a Manual Valve, and forget to shut it OFF, OR start in up with what little is in the Carb, and drive out into traffic THEN STALLLLL. So, what I, do know, Is That Main factor in Many things I deside is ME! Will I!, remember to do what as needed, when it is NEEDED. PS. with more then 1 bike, sometimes one can sit a month or more even during Riding "season". OR I forget to take it out of reserve, after refilling, and then "TRUST" I can push it until reserve is needed. OOOP'S

>________________________________ > From: John Biccum >To: Ian Francisco ; DSN KLR650 DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>; RobertWichert >Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 2:14 PM >Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Petcock diaphragm failure > > > >When my KLR diaphragm failed I initially replaced the diaphragm with the Kawasaki OEM part. But that new part had a pinhole leak in it and I ended up replacing the entire petcock with a spendy Pingel petcock. I was leaving on along trip and didn't want to brisk a second defective OEM part. > >If I had the issue today the retrofit kit from our list member Jeff Saline is what I'd use rather than replacing the entire petcock. > >-----Original Message----- >From: "Ian Francisco" >Sent: 7/ 9/ 2013 12:08 >To: "DSN KLR650" ; "RobertWichert" >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Petcock diaphragm failure > >I used to own a Suzuki VX800. It was a well-known problem for the petcock >to fail which eventually led to float valve failure on the rear carb which >could then fill the rear cylinder with gas causing hydro-lock which could >result in a bent con rod. Not good. Most of us just bought a new petcock >rather than fool around with diaphragm kits. I had two aftermarket kits >fail on my GS450 before biting the bullet and getting a new OE part. >-- >Ian Francisco >http://www.scarletfuries.com/ >http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Scarlet-Furies/121218125931 > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >[The entire original message is not included.] > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >

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