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Bob KellyIII · March 7th, 2022, 05:41 PM

ok I put the new petcock on the ninja.... but I could not get gas to flow out of it.... no matter what I did ... so i drained the tank again and put the old petcock on that I had taken apart and cleaned real good and found a bit of corrosion on the sealing flange for the "o" ring to seat on so i got it cleaned up as best as I could..... it seals fairly good now so it shouldn't leak ...I hope...
put it back on the tank and added gasoline and no gas flow in any position !
i took off the lines, thinking it might be vapor locked but no flow at all !
i even opened the gas cap..... no gas flow....
now from all I know if you have a valve opening into the bottom of the
gas tank and you open that valve you should see gas flowing..... well in this case with 2 different valves no gas is flowing at all.... not even a drip.....
I've been trying to reason this out for 2 days now and according to all I know
it can't do that !!!!
.....
anybody got any ideas before I pull the tank off again and pull off the old petcock ?
.....
Remember i just pulled a bunch of the Kreem gas tank liner out of the tank with needle nose plyers and I think I got about 80 to 90% of all of it out....
no doubt there is still some in there but that should be filtered out with the many filters on the bike..... but WTF ? why no gas flow it can't do that !
.....
Bob...

March 7th, 2022, 05:41 PM	#1
Bob KellyIII Retired motorcycle Mc. Name: Robert Location: Weed, California. Join Date: Jul 2021 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Kawasaki Ninja 250R, 2021 CSC TT250, 1977 Triumph Bonneville 750cc,2001 Honda XR650L. Posts: A lot.	this one is plain WEIRD ! it can't do that ! ok I put the new petcock on the ninja.... but I could not get gas to flow out of it.... no matter what I did ... so i drained the tank again and put the old petcock on that I had taken apart and cleaned real good and found a bit of corrosion on the sealing flange for the "o" ring to seat on so i got it cleaned up as best as I could..... it seals fairly good now so it shouldn't leak ...I hope... put it back on the tank and added gasoline and no gas flow in any position ! i took off the lines, thinking it might be vapor locked but no flow at all ! i even opened the gas cap..... no gas flow.... now from all I know if you have a valve opening into the bottom of the gas tank and you open that valve you should see gas flowing..... well in this case with 2 different valves no gas is flowing at all.... not even a drip..... I've been trying to reason this out for 2 days now and according to all I know it can't do that !!!! ..... anybody got any ideas before I pull the tank off again and pull off the old petcock ? ..... Remember i just pulled a bunch of the Kreem gas tank liner out of the tank with needle nose plyers and I think I got about 80 to 90% of all of it out.... no doubt there is still some in there but that should be filtered out with the many filters on the bike..... but WTF ? why no gas flow it can't do that ! ..... Bob... __________________________________________________ Its too late when you've gone too far !