Let me rephrase the question. If you remove the tank from the bike and turn on the petcock, then fuel should not flow. I assume that this is because of the vacuum dependent feed.
During prolonged periods of storage, I like to run the carbs dry. Turn off the petcock and let her run. Just wondering if you were to disconnect the vacuum hose if that would do the same thing. That would make the system redundant. "the fuel shut off valve. Its not letting much fuel through," wondering if the vacuum diaphram was corrupted as to whether or not that could cause a problem. Assuming filter is fine. On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:29 PM, David Basinski <birddog...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was wondering.... is it overkill to have a petcock and a vacuum feed? > Since fuel only flows when the engine is running, doesn't it automatically > shut off when the engine is turned off? > > On Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 12:55:11 PM UTC-5, Tom La Fleur wrote: > >> I found a problem with the fuel shut off valve. Its not letting much fuel >> through, hence my problem with keeping it running. Has anyone else had an >> issue with theirs? I have disassembled it as much as possible but havent >> been able to fix it. If anyone has had a similar issue, what did you do to >> correct it? Im trying to not buy the whole assembly since its $150 and I >> only paid $500 for the bike. If I have to I will but thought I would see if >> anyone knew of another option. Thanks! >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nighthawk_lovers/LAPitVZGtDU/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
