leaking petcock?

[Carterc]

i took my gas tank off my bike to clean the carbs and when i went to go put the tank back on, i moved it and saw a puddle of gas sitting under it, im pretty sure its slowwwwwwly leaking from the petcock, is this a problem? or can it be fixed easily?

thanks for the input guys!!

Chris Carter

[Mark Olson]

i took my gas tank off my bike to clean the carbs and when i went to go put the tank back on, i moved it and saw a puddle of gas sitting under it, im pretty sure its slowwwwwwly leaking from the petcock, is this a problem? or can it be fixed easily?

thanks for the input guys!!

Chris Carter

so the gas tank leaked while off the bike?

a leaky petcock is a problem that needs to be fixed.

If it does not leak when on the bike then you are ok to run as you say it is a small slow leak.

[Yamifj1200]

Any gas leak on a motorcycle is a bad thing. Liquid fuel on a hot engine could ignite very easily. Find a replacement petcock or carry a fire extinguisher and hope for the best. If your FJ catches fire it wont be the first to burn up from a leaking petcock..

Eric M

[Dan Filetti]

Look at this immediately.  It could be REALY dangerous...

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=3265.0

http://www.fjowners.com/index.php?topic=3251.msg27011#msg27011

Dan

[Carterc]

holy cow im glad i asked so i know how to prevent the fire ball from happening, but it is slowly leaking out of where it should, like drip...(6 seconds)....drip.....(6 seconds)....drip.

im going to address the issue of the petcock coming out when i get home, but i was just curious if was a major problem. thanks for the input guys!