gasoline leak

[dooden]

That petcock is a crappy design IMO, mine did the same thing, cept I had Gas flowing out and onto the starter motor and engine. Headed down to the local shop (read that as small) and they had a diaphram kit in stock paid I think $12, took petcock apart and installed new parts, leak went away. Might just try to snug the screws first, maybe the O-ring did'nt like sitting for 22 months and when you turned it ya found a bad spot, or should say the gas found the bad spot. Might be able to just replace the O-ring, mine the diaphram had a hole. The 606 is not that loud, at least just the front, put a K270 on the rear and a 606 on the front. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "maudibbb" wrote: > > Need some help here folks! Got a 2001 KLR650. Due to illness, the bike > sat for about 22 months. Got some new rubber on it now. Ultra heavy duty > tubes, a set of Dunlop D-606s (darn they are LOUD) and am ready to go. > Put in some Seafoam, (probably too much,) which sat in the tank for a > few weeks before I filled the tank, and have been riding locally > since. Low on gasoline, I pulled over to switch to reserve. I had to > check which way reserve was, cause I've never used the petcock before. > When I put it on reserve, I noticed my finger picked up a little gas > from the bottom of the fuel tap assembly at the lever. In testing, I > noticed that when I moved the lever from on to reserve or back, I > would get a drip or two of gasoline from the same area. If I left the > lever alone, I don't see a drip. Still, I'm concerned as I don't > believe this is normal. Anybody have advice? In the part's diagram, I > see a Tap Lever O-Ring that could be the culprit. Ideas? Thanks in > advance!! >