Gas leak

[Scorpion]

Hey guys I'm new here, I have a 81 gs1000l
I got this bike from a friend who couldn't get it to run so he gave me the bike for free but after I got it home and play around alil I got her running but noticed right away that I have a really bad gas leak from the left side of the air box and I pulle the air cleaner out and its soaked from gas. I'm not used to this old of a bike or suzuki's in general, any help would be great. Thanks.

[Nessism]

Hey guys I'm new here, I have a 81 gs1000l
I got this bike from a friend who couldn't get it to run so he gave me the bike for free but after I got it home and play around alil I got her running but noticed right away that I have a really bad gas leak from the left side of the air box and I pulle the air cleaner out and its soaked from gas. I'm not used to this old of a bike or suzuki's in general, any help would be great. Thanks.

GS Suzuki's are supremely durable motorcycles that will commonly run 100,000 miles without serious issue as long as the bike is properly maintained. Your bike is now 31 years old so I strongly suggest you get yourself a service manual and get busy. Leaking fuel is due to poorly maintained carburetors and/or a leaking petcock. These topics have been covered literally hundreds of times in various threads here, and all will be reviled though the use of the "Search" function at the top of the forum. I suggest you use the "Advanced Search" feature, and click "Titles Only" to help hone in on any particular issue you are researching.

When restoring a new/old GS the following items should be tended to before you even attempt to run gas though the carbs (my opinion): full carb rebuild with new O-rings, new intake boot O-rings, adjust the valves, seal the airbox, verify the petcock is functioning properly, clean the fuel tank as necessary, replace fuel lines, replace spark plugs, check for voltage at the coils and perform the relay mod as required, etc, etc, etc. The archives has all the necessary information to perform these simple maintenance tasks.

Even if you got lucky and your bike started and ran all these items would still need to be performed in order to assure the bike stays running and doesn't break down somewhere. Do the work up front and enjoy your bike without worry.

[Scorpion]

I have replaced the plugs and checked the coils. I replaced the gas lines yesterday because I thought the leak was coming from there. I believe it's the carbs, they have never been rebuilt as far as I know. Thank you for helping me.

[azr]

Good advice about the things to rebuild/check. your mega welcome will be coming along soon from Basscliff. His website is invaluable to a GS wrencher just getting started. Do the things Nessim said and you will be well on your way. They might seem a bit daunting but they are not that hard and most are fairly quick. If you get stuck with anything like he said, the search function will provide an encyclopedia of information and aside from that just post, questions get answered fast on this site. Now lets see some PICS!!.....I forgot to add my 2 cents worth on your problem. It's probably the carbs for sure. Take em out, strip them down, order new o-rings for both the carbs and intake boots (cheap from bwringer here on the site, that's where we all get them), dip the carbs in carb dip, check the tips and floats throw em' back together, synch em up and I bet she'll haul butt.

[Big T]

Free typically means $600-1,200 if you do your own wrenching

Years of neglect take their toll on old bikes

[Scorpion]

I got her for free yes but, the weird thing about this bike is it only has 4,032 miles on it. it was in a garage for 22 years never moved a inch. i had to replace the battery and tires, but the paint job hasnt seen a ray of sun in almost as long as iv been alive since im only 23.

[Scorpion]

heres the pic of her

[Buddy]

That bike has real potential. Where are you located? Hope you get it going with out much expense.

Could you post a front and side pic? I want to see how that Rooster looks on an "L". I've got one and dont know if it's worth building mounts and making a new shield for.

Thanks,
Buddy

[BassCliff]

Greetings and Salutations!!

Hi Mr. Scorpion,

You'll find a couple of maintenance lists, procedures, parts sources, tips, suggestions, and a lot of GS lovin' in the links below. It's your "mega-welcome".

I just stopped by to welcome you to the forum in my own, special way.

If there's anything you'd like to know about the Suzuki GS model bikes, and most others actually, you've come to the right place. There's a lot of knowledge and experience here in the community. Come on in and let me say "HOoooowwwDY!"....

Here is your very own magical, mystical, mythical, mind-expanding "mega-welcome". Please take notice of the "Top 10 Common Issues", the Carb Rebuild Series, and the Stator Papers. Now let me roll out the welcome mat for you...

Please click here for your mega-welcome, chock full of tips, suggestions, links to vendors, and other information. Then feel free to visit my little BikeCliff website where I've been collecting the wisdom of this generous community. Don't forget, we like pictures! Not you, your bike!

Thanks for joining us. Keep us informed.

Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

[GabrielGoes]

welcome to the gs world pal, you officially just found the best resource for your gs out there.. the folks here are amazing, each person here being very knowledgable some more in certain areas than others... sounds like you have a carb/petcock problem basically take em off the bike an take the carbs apart into a million peices, cleaning each one by soaking them overnight in carb dip... re assembling... may need a petcock rebuild kit as well... how about some pics of the bike?

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Here's another link for you, tips to deal with leaky carbs:

Overflowing Carbs


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

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