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Title: Drain the gas tank

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bob_dobalina	\| Move to Bottom Author
Rank:none Score: 0 Posts: 6 From: USA Registered: 07/07/2008 Time spent: 0 hours	(Date Posted:07/10/2008 12:32 AM) if you can't tell, i'm new at working on bikes. my petcock is leaking - seems to be coming from where the bowl screws in so I bought a new gasket. what is the best way to drain the gas tank without making a big mess? and do I need to? thanks.

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woosh	\| Move to Top 1#
Rank:none Score:0 Posts:695 Registered: 03/05/2005 Time spent: 0 hours	RE:Drain the gas tank (Date Posted:07/10/2008 4:00 PM) Take the fuel line off the carb put it in a gas can and open the petcock or just open the drain screw on the carb and drain into a can that way. I have worked on petcocks with gas in the tank but you have to take the tank off the bike and lean it forward to get the gas away from the petcock but I dont recomend this I got gas all over myself.

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