Yamaha
Yamaha ATV Fuel Valve
Japanese megaconglomerate Yamaha is one of the world’s most widely-recognized brand names. Since the company’s inception as a piano and reed organ builder in 1887, Yamaha has broadened their product portfolio to include other musical instruments, electronics, and power equipment, and powersports including motorcycles and ATVs. Yamaha’s motorcycle division, Yamaha Motor Company, was born in 1955. Their venture into ATV manufacturing began in 1980 with the debut of the legendary Tri-Moto. The Tri-Moto was Yamaha’s first ATV sold in America and it was a major success. The Tri-Moto ushered in Yamaha Motor Company’s rise to prominence in the high-performance 4X4 off-road category during the 1980s and 1990s with models such as the Tri-Zinger, YFM200, Warrior, Big Bear, Wolverine, Grizzly 600, and Yamaha’s first American-made ATV, the 1999 Beartracker. In 2006, Yamaha released the Raptor 700R, the most powerful outdoor ATV available on the market and in 2007, they followed up their Grizzly 600 and 660 models with the Grizzly 700; the first ATV to utilize electric power steering. HQ Powersports is a proud retailer of brand new, aftermarket replacement parts for Yamaha ATVs that meet or exceed OEM specifications. We have a full inventory of fuel valves and fuel pumps for Yamaha ATVs. The fuel valve, or fuel petcock, is a small shut-off valve that controls the flow of liquid fuel. ATVs and UTVs, like motorcycles, have fuel tanks that are situated higher than the carburetor and fuel feeds are controlled by gravity. Most older designs incorporate a 3-position fuel petcock valve: ON, OFF, and RESERVE. The RESERVE setting is used to access the bottom portion of the fuel tank. This was due to compensate for the lack of a proper fuel gauge. Today’s modern systems use an automatic, vacuum operated petcock that often include a PRIME position as to allow fuel flow into the carburetor without having to fire the engine. A faulty fuel petcock, like any fuel delivery system problem, can cause issues with your ATV or UTVs performance. Sputtering, stalling, failure to crank, and poor idle quality are some of the ailments that can be attributed to a bad fuel valve. This relatively simple and inexpensive fix can save you valuable time, effort, and money versus going out and replacing the entire fuel system. HQ Powersports specializes in high quality maintenance parts and performance parts for 4-wheel off-road ATV and UTV powersports vehicles.