Pingle Petcock - Anyone out there use them?

[dobie1708]

I am in the process of bringing a 79' GS1000 back to life. I've been going through Basscliff's steps and trying not to make newbie mistakes. When I first started the project I noticed gas in the oil when I was changing all the fluids.

Rebuilt and cleaned the Carbs, checked the valves (changed 3), and checked the Pectcock with a Mighty Vac. The Petcock seemed to be working like it should....gas under vacume, no gas with no vacume.

The Carbs should not be leaking.....the floats have just been set and all new o-rings have been installed during the rebuild.

Get it all back to get together, put the tank back on it, and go for a 3 or 4 mile test ride...have some electrical issues and brought it home. The bike sits over night and I go out the next day to trouble shoot the electrical problems and I decide to check the oil, just to do it. OIL IN THE GAS!!!

I ordered a Pingle Pectcock and an adaptor plate. I figure I'll just go with On, Off, or Reserve and do away with the vacume petcock.

Anyone out there have any thought?

Thanks

[TeamDar]

They work great. Just remember to turn it off when you are done riding.

[Steve]

Just a couple of points.

Besides remembering to turn it off after riding, be sure to remember to turn it ON before riding.

Also wondering how you got "OIL IN THE GAS"?

If your vacuum petcock was working fine, why did you replace it? Would you be willing to part with the old one?

If you are actually getting gas in the oil (instead of "oil in the gas"), you have other problems with your carbs. Your VM carbs have overflow tubes that should vent any excess gas before it gets to the level where it will flow down the intake tubes into the engine. Make sure your overflow tubes are clear.

Since it appears that you have an overflow problem, I would guess that your inlet valves are not working properly, either.

And, ... your inlet valves would not be allowing anything through if the petcock was actually working.

Spending money on a Pingel was a rather expensive Band-Aid that will only cover the problem, not fix it.

One last item: why the double post only a minute later?

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[gearhead13]

Wasnt sure which thread to post to
I have had a pingel for maybe a year now. I went with one because the stock one couldnt flow enough gas.
My only problem with it is remembering to turn it off. After running the stock vacuum petcock for several years, I am finding it hard to remember. I lost a full tank of gas on the ground Premium stuff too!. My RS carbs dont reliably hold the gas at the inlet needle, supposed to be a known issue with them.

[dobie1708]

how can i deleat a post?

[SVSooke]

Go to thread tools and click on it and IIRC the delete is on the bottom.

[Steve]

how can i deleat a post?

Look in the lower right corner of your post, you will see a box called Edit.
Click on it, you will see an option to Delete.
Click on that, then look in the lower left corner, you will see Delete Options.
One of the options is to Delete Message.
Click on that, then look back in the lower right corner, there is a button for Delete this Message.
Click on that, the post will be gone.

Note that if that post is the first one of a thread (you started the thread), the whole thread will be gone.

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