Turning off gas, necessary?

[BigX]

Turn it off when parking for the night or longer. Leaving it on for short stops will give you a heads up that something is starting to leak.

I even had a petcock failure that ran out a whole tank of gas on me once.

[Rubber Cow]

It'd be a real bummer if the needle valve stuck and you dumped most of a tank of fuel in, say, your garage where there might be an ignition source like say, a water heater.....boom.....major bummer.

These things fail and, when they do, it's a big volatile mess.

Take the time to at least switch the f'n things off.


Cheers,
Jorge

[rnr]

I got in the habit of turning them off after the float stuck once and soaked my boot.

Realized how fast it could run out, if I wasn't standing there.

You guys covered the dual reserve issue, and touched on another: Gunk in the tank.

I used to top mine off and use stabilizer every year. Until one year, she would sputter. I drained the tank and came up with a quarter cup of nasty-looking water and paint chips that had accumulated in the bottom of the tank.

Ever since, I pull, drain, clean and air dry everything every year. No more problem. I use a little marvel mystery oil on the petcock innards; no more squeaks.