Back to intro thread that I imagined making. The post that I imagined making would have been to post a few pictures of my new (to me) 1980 Suzuki GS750E and then shooting the $hit with you guys. But noooooooo, I have this pesky little issue that I can't figure out. It is fuel related for sure. Petcock related from what I can tell. I have been around mc's enough to be dangerous at times (1980 CB750K restore) but this has not happened to me before. A day after riding mc back home, I went out to garage, turned it on, let it idle a bit and then this began to happen.
Good thing it happened in my garage as I was doing a final check of things prior to riding out to the lake which is 2.5 hours away from my home. The aftermath of this little mishap was a crankcase full of gas as seen here.
The PO is a cool guy. Been around mc's his whole life, took very good care of it for the 5 years that he owned it. I contacted him, he replied back indicating that he thought it was a petcock issue and that he had ordered a new OEM petcock from some ebay outfit out in Everest, WA. Fast forward to oil/oil filter change and new petcock install. Turn mc on, runs fine, turn off and walk away. Come back next day, look in oil indicator and see that there is gas in crankcase again but not huge oil/gas puddle on garage floor (as he scratches head). Not sure what to look for at this point. There is a very small (as in a handful of drops and only after mc sits for a while) of gas coming from right around bottom guide plate of carbs, specifically carb # 2 right where insulator boot mounts to carb intake. New oil filter and oil forthcoming for round two of this. Should I remove new petcock again? What about an in-line shut off valve and do these come in some other configuration than manual shut-off?
Any feedback would be appreciated gents.
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