I went riding the other day and accidentally put the fuel valve on the prime position, for maybe 30-40 minutes. Then I look it the manual and it said "The carburator may overflow and fuel may run into the engine. This can cause a fire or severe damage to the ATV when you start the engine". It was running and starting fine for this time, but did I do any damage to anything, would it be necessary to drop any fluids?? Thanks for any help.

 

If something went wacko and the carb flooded the engine, the oil level would be higher than nomal and would smell like fuel. Pull the dipstick out of the oil tank and put a drop or two of the oil on a piece of metal and try to light it, if it lights and burns it has fuel in it, change the oil and filter and don't leave the petcock in prime again, if not don't worry. It would take a malfunction to fill the oil with fuel, like a stuck float!!

KFXBob

 

Tried that and the flame went out, didn't ignite (and know gas smell) so I guess its ok?

 

Good diagnosis!!

KFXBob

 

The PRIME position on a Suzuki is just like the ON position on any other bike. For some reason (liability!!) , Suzuki is real **** about this. For riding, you are just fine on prime. If you transported the bike in the prime position, then you may need to be concerned. Lots of people replace their Suzuki vacume operated valves with manual ones ( I am doing this myself right now), because they have a reputation for failure.

 

reconranger- what do you have to do to change it over to manuel, and get rid of the vacuum thing? thanks

 

Nemisis-I haven't gotten that far yet. I have a desert tank, but no time yet to install it. I am just going to go to the dealer and ask for a manual valve. I presume you just cap off the vacume line???