Im new here, pretty cool place from what Ive read so far. I have a 2001 Suzuki Marauder 800, love the bike. Its been down for about 3 years now, alot of stuff has happened that delayed me from working on it. Before I put it down I found that the original tank had rust all in the reserve tank. The guy I bought it from only put 2000 miles on it, and he let it sit for a real long time. Anyways, a friend of mine as a joke when I first got the bike switched my valve to reserve, and sent all that rust through my whole fuel system! I was able to save the fuel pump by cleaning the hell out of it. All the fuel line needed to be replaced anyways so Ive got the line waiting to be put on. The tank had small pin holes all over the bottom of it, glad it never caught fire considering I saw where it had leaked on the engine. So I got a new tank, and I plan on painting it real soon myself, hope I dont screw it up. Ive done bodywork on cars, but never a bike. Hope a spray can paint job will do what I want, it'll save me 400 if it comes out good.
I never looked at the carbs tho, Im real paranoid about taking them out to look at them, I suck hard when it comes to carbs of any kind. One guy told me to run SeaFoam thru the bike and if theres light rust and grim in the carbs or anywhere in the fuel system, it'll clean all of it out. So I bought it and I plan on running it thru, but how much of the can should I use, its a pint. And how much gas should I put in the tank and do I ride it or just let it run empty? Also, the o-ring that goes inside the grooves of the petcock, do I need to apply anything to that or do I just install everything dry? I heard to never put any kind of sealent or anything like that on a fuel system period. Thanks for any help, by the way I live in the Hill Country.