Petcock broken?

[crzydood17]

To start off I apologize for no pictures,

Yesterday I started to get my poor little GS back into running order after sitting for a couple of months and developing a few leaks. I started with redoing my craptastic fuel lines, I replaced with high quality ethanol rated lines so the damn things don't crack and yellow again. Then I did a full oil change because for some reason I had some water in it.

I get everything done and tighten up all the case bolts to see if that stops any of the oil leakage, I then go for a little test ride and when im on my way home the back tire starts to slide like its low on air, Once I stop I hear nothing but gushing liquid, I look and the damn elbow on the reserve petcock is disconnected...

WTF happened? How does that thing just pop off? I pushed it back in and it seems to hold but I don't feel safe riding it till I know what the hell happened.

[Funderb]

which elbow?

The one the reserve line flows to? because I'm pretty sure that whole chunk is solid, not press fit..
Sounds like a metallurgy problem.

[crzydood17]

This is a 2005 sorry, I really need to put that in my sig, its the one that swivels slightly... if your looking at the petcock dial its on the right side not the bottom 

[Funderb]

you might be able to jam it back in there with some fuel resistant hard setting gasket goop. Use sparingly... I do not think it is supposed to turn...

[crzydood17]

Orly... damn... it has always turned on my bike lol... dum dum dum! time for a new petcock and tank petcock lol...