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To get it archived as a PDF attachment before his image host changes or we lose it some other way. |
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Thanks again! It seems we did lose his pics over time and the PDF was useful in verifying the issue. I had another petcock failure with zero miles on a “new” petcock produced in late 2011, which would’ve been the last production run for EX250J bikes. It sat 8 years but the entire tank emptied out God-knows when. I can confirm it was set to On, not Prime.
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their is tons of rebuild kits for this defective part.. this thread at beginning said it was couldn't be rebuilt. just trying to clarify.
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I don’t think they were available at the time, but whether or not you can rebuild with one depends on your petcock’s mode of failure.
If yours leaks because of a defective Teflon-like ring molded to the inside, it’s not serviceable. If it leaks because of replaceable gasket, seal, or o-ring failure, it likely is serviceable.
It looked like an air bubble molded into mine which filled up with fuel and crumbled to bits when I touched it. I didn’t see the molded ring at all in my replacement petcock so I assumed it was a revision that fixes the issue. Unfortunately, my trust was misplaced: I installed it in 2014 and left the bike sitting with a full tank of Enthanol-free E0 and a whole can of Sea Foam. I finally checked yesterday (8 years!) and found the entire tank had emptied and rusted with zero miles on that late-production petcock. Bone dry. I’m eager to look inside again to see if there is a ring after all. Perhaps is is not molded but, rather, formed from fuel deposits or something… or maybe I just missed it the first time (looking in wrong side?). I honestly don’t remember looking but this thread says I did. Time to edit that into my rebuild thread.
Since this or some other failure is still happening even with petcocks produced for the 2012 year model, I don’t trust any of them from Kawasaki. Is there a 3rd party option?