It feels like I just replaced my petcock yesterday (in all reality, it was last August). So when the bike started having issues starting up, that was the last thing on my mind.
Yet my petcock seems to be leaking copious amounts of fuel into the vacuum line (evidence so far - vacuum line smells like fuel, crankcase oil level went considerably up, gasoline dripping into a puddle under the bike, and lastly - petcock shows fuel on the vacuum side of the membrane - see pic below).
What could be causing two petcock valve membranes to fail in less than a year? I burn 94 octane Chevron (with Techron), and have only added fuel stabilizer for winterization during this winter. Could it just be coincidence wrapped in bad luck?
Puzzled.
Yet my petcock seems to be leaking copious amounts of fuel into the vacuum line (evidence so far - vacuum line smells like fuel, crankcase oil level went considerably up, gasoline dripping into a puddle under the bike, and lastly - petcock shows fuel on the vacuum side of the membrane - see pic below).
What could be causing two petcock valve membranes to fail in less than a year? I burn 94 octane Chevron (with Techron), and have only added fuel stabilizer for winterization during this winter. Could it just be coincidence wrapped in bad luck?
Puzzled.
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