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Offline jdb1989

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gas leak need help i have problems
« on: September 25, 2009, 05:24:24 AM »
ok when i lean my bike to the left gas leaks out the over flow it doesnt do it when it is straight up. any suggestions?
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Offline DoldGuy

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Re: gas leak need help i have problems
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2009, 07:19:57 AM »
Adjust your carb float level.
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Offline Hillclimb#42

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Re: gas leak need help i have problems
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 08:40:34 AM »
If you are leaning it over past where you can sit on the seat, it will always leak gas from the overflow. On rare occasions a carb will leak on no angle, and you can tap the bowl to get the floats to seat. If its stuck, there's debris in there holding it open.
  I have had to set the floats more than once, or I guess that would be called, reset the floats. Somehow, they do come out of adjustment, like Doldguy said. Getting them right makes a noticeable difference in engine performance. It also helps to fix some bike's warm-up traits like plug fouling, almost flooding at start-up, or being cold-natured. For me, anyway, floats are a crucial baseline.

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Re: gas leak need help i have problems
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2009, 11:38:59 PM »
AS Hillclimb mentioned, debris can cause this, before making any adjustments, I would get the needle and seat perfectly clean, including the petcock screen and the fuel hose first. Then if needed make adjustments.
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