Doing some poking around unsuccessfully. On a 2012 TE310 is it OK to leave the petcock in the on position over night? I had a vacuum operated petcock with a carb prior to this and the fuel wouldn't flow until the bike was running. With the TE being fuel injected is there any problems just leaving the fuel open all the time? The manual says to leave it on but it seemed like a very general statement. And the left side knurled knob/valve I gather is open all the time too? TIA
I scratched my head with the same stupid question when I got my fuel injected 310... I just shrugged my shoulders and left them on all the time. Have you had a good ride on her yet?
Should be fine to leave on- its not like gravity is going to push fuel through the system, like it would with a carb with a leaky float seat valve. I think that's a convenience thing- for when you take the tank off- my 09TE450 doesn't have one- don't have the extra hoses either though...
Yes I have 2 hours on the new motor but nothing too knarly yet. It has been a monsoon for the last 4 days and I don't have any experience with the KAroo 2's so I haven't pulled the motor too hard off road due to break in and slimey clay conditions. I plan to order non DOT knobbies like the MOTOZ Circuit X or similar. This won't see much pavement time, just connecting trails on gravel roads. Thanks I will leave the fuel on and forget about it. See, now we have a stupid question thread
My only advice would be to make sure you move them once in awhile and spray some WD on them ever so often after mud runs and pressure washing. I kind-of ignored ours and left them open with no problems on the '12 TXC250 until it can time to pull the tank, then they felt pretty crusty when turning...the knurled one in particular. The lever type petcock is easy to pop the face off of and clean up, the knurled type not sure... I love the stupid little things that make you go...hummm Nothing wrong with attention to detail, no matter how small.
I leave mine open all the time, no problems. Just oil and move them before storing bike for the winter.
