Petcock position.

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Power_Man

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I never can tell.
What position is it in?
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I'm being serious.

I'm trying to figure out if it works, but I ran out of fuel the other day, and flipped it to what I thought was RES and nothing.

So in the above photo, Is it ON, OFF, OR RES?
 
2-18 in your owners manual.

Whatever it says when it's pointing up is what it's on. So, in that pic, it's RES.

It may be ****ed given how old the bike is. Take it apart and see.
 
D23 said:
2-18 in your owners manual.

Whatever it says when it's pointing up is what it's on. So, in that pic, it's RES.

It may be ****ed given how old the bike is. Take it apart and see.
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Thank you.

No owners manual.

I will take her apart.
 
Run the bike with a full tank of gas and then try each position for a minute. The position the 'off' indicator is in when the engine dies is the same position you want to set the valve for on and reserve.
 
fastar1 said:
Run the bike with a full tank of gas and then try each position for a minute. The position the 'off' indicator is in when the engine dies is the same position you want to set the valve for on and reserve.
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Yeah, I tried that the day I ran out of fuel. But after leaving it in what I thought was off for a while, nothing happened.
How long should it take to drain the bowls/lines?
 
only takes a few minutes really to start noticing some starvation... Your petcock is in Reserve in that photo.
 
Power_Man said:
Yeah, I tried that the day I ran out of fuel. But after leaving it in what I thought was off for a while, nothing happened.
How long should it take to drain the bowls/lines?
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98 ZX9 the fuel tap in the picture is in the reserve position.
 
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