WHAT COULD IT BE !! 98’ gixxer 600 needs backup, I repeat

sradmad600 said:

Petcock works on vacuum, there should be no on off.
" This may show my lack of experience but wouldn’t the float needles be able to counteract the excess fuel"
If its flooding nothing is going to stop it? as per your first comment.
Investigate issue and repair as required.

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I attached a link to the exact one I am using on my bike. Pretty sure it’s For a f$&king lawn mower. Here it is :

soapy98 said:

hey there.
ordered new seat o rings. Viton 6mmID x2mm. Believe that’s correct size. Let me know if you have info off the top of your head. Appreciate this help more than u realize.
as far as petcock goes... look at what I sent sradmad600 earlier in this thread. Pretty much a lawn mower style. Don’t think that had a diaphragm to create vacuum.. what do you think? Seems like junk that could be causing the flooding perhaps. I went and ordered an original petcock.

when you say tap each needle seat o ring what do you mean. Thanks for the knowledge

Sam

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if it were mine and I had a few bucks I would go to ronayers and buy the stock fuel line and clamps, vacuum line for the petcock, and get a stock rebuild kit for a stock petcock, rebuild it.. ditch that aftermarket stuff.. like you say it may be allowing too much flow, too much pressure and its over riding the float shut offs?

last thing you want tho is to be riding on a hot day and have a fuel line rupture, can start a fire that's hard to put out...

I dunno the oring diameters for the fuel shut off needle seat? and not sure if I have any laying around I can measure up but ronayers sells the OEM, if push comes to shove I can go dig around and mic one up if you have local source, make sure they are chemical resistant, not just gas but chemical... as I do know the rubber tips on the needles are getting destroyed by something in the gas they produce today.. it also goes bad real fast, like 4 months, apparently the pump gives a 30 day freshness life span that's it?

could be they are desperate for money and don't want people buying it up when the price is low then storing for leaner times? maybe they put something in it that destroys it in a short period? dunno? but no chit the gas in my Busa rotted and really made the bike run very bad, didn't know what it was? I eventually drained the tank, rinsed, put in fresh, sure as sheets it ran fine after that... man it smelled bad, stunk up my shop, whole time I thought I had a sync issue as I was right in the middle of the sync process when I let it sit 4 months for covid so I could get the right size hoses then it just ran horrible when I went to get back to it..


also are you sure the float height is correct and the shut offs are functional? guess you can work you way form the tank towards the carbs? may as well get er right, ditch the lawn mower set up get it right...

The thicker pipe on the side goes to the carbs ( fuel feed ), the thinner one at the bottom is the vacuum pipe that goes to a nipple on the back of the engine ( centre just below carbs ).

Pics should help with position of pipe.