fuel problem

[1948man]

PRI is prime, only for a bike that hasn't been started for awhile. Avoid ever using Prime unless necessary because you might forget to switch it back to RUN. If it won't start and perform on RUN, there is something wrong.

[jeepnhal]

OH...this is painful. Thanks Cliff for making every attempt.

You need 4 intake orings (if you need them).

You need to determine where the fuel is leaking FROM...not leaking to. We all know where it is going to leak to. Pull the vacuum line off the #2 carb for the petcock and see if there is any fuel dripping out it. Pull the fuel line from the T (with the petcock in the RUN position) and see if there is any fuel leaking from there.

sorry for making it painful..its painful for me too.especially for the fact of sourcing parts for this thing and when you do theyre very expensive and take forever to ship.if it was as easy as driving to suzuki dealer and buying the parts there i would have built the carb and replaced petcock off the bat.i just dont feeling like spending lots of money,waiting two weeks to get the wrong parts.i just wanted an educated diagnosis.

and the fact of every link sent to me was for an 850.this is a 550,completely diffent.

oh and for the record i was asking about o-rings for the carb not intake.i already replaced those.they were still great shape,soft,clean so that was a waste of time/money.

thanks for your help and i will let you all know when shes up and running and post some pics

[jeepnhal]

Good Deal!!! Glad that it was a simple fix. Most of the GS bike need a petcock, so you were on the right track. Now...after the parts are in, get out there and ride!

oh yes..i am too.well now that im waiting i can mess around with other things and touch up some paint..i cant wait to ride it

[jeepnhal]

PRI is prime, only for a bike that hasn't been started for awhile. Avoid ever using Prime unless necessary because you might forget to switch it back to RUN. If it won't start and perform on RUN, there is something wrong.

think i figured that out the hard way,ha.i will never put it on pri again.in fact after i put the carbs back in after opening them up the first time,i put it on run and it fired after a few cranks.and that was with dry bowls.i now know.thanks you