I see a lot of posts about gas leaking from the carbs. This appears to me to be a defect. Last night, on my way home from work, my 2004 Gs500 began running strange. Wanted to die at idle and did not seem to have it's usual power. I then began to smell gas. I finally made it home and checked the bike. I did not see anything strange. I went back out to look at it a few hours later and I notice a huge puddle of gas underneath it. What causes this to happen all of the sudden? This bike only has 5k on it and I just bought it a few months ago with 2500 miles on it. This seems very dangerous to me. What are the risks of this happening when riding and then having a fire start?
Any replies will be appreciated...
Bill
It's a sign of a float vlave not operating properly. Since the malfunctioning valve still is quite an obstruction, not a lot of gas flows. At moderate power consumption usually is enough to suck the excess away.
It's different when no gas is used. Even a small leak can then lead to a large puddle.
However, there's normally the vacuum operated petcock to prevent this. On which petcock postition are you riding?
hoses go bad, i hae all ready replaced mine on my 04.
thats most likely the problem
It could be hoses, but you should be able to see where the leak is coming from and fix it. If you don't have a fuel filter dirt/rust probally got on your float valve, keeping it from seating all the way. Clean the carbs and install a filter and you should be good to go. :thumb:
Your petcock should keep you from loosing too much fuell though, is it on prime when you park it?