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