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Strong fuel smell and leak

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Dave4093:
Hi all I think I found the problem. My fuel petcock was pouring out fuel. Is it better to buy the kit for one or a whole new petcock?  Or on the other hand is it needed? Can I bypass it?

Any suggestions

Thanks Dave

Brock:
Bypas it, its easy to do, and I think fairly obvious. I did it ages ago, and removed the Vacuum switch altogether. Dont forget to put a good sized plug in the vacuum line.

gerd:
Hope you sorted your problem Dave.

I had the same issue in October 2000. Smell of fuel and bike was using a lot of fuel.

Traced the leaking fuel to the fuel tap/cock. Replaced the fuel cock.

Found there was a small hole in the rubber diaphragm on the old one.

Figured 20 years is a good run so replacing with a new genuine Honda part worth the investment.

Has been running perfectly and very economically since.

regards

Gerd

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