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#931430 St.Ranger (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 250 Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Ok I know these bikes will sometimes have issues with carb puke but as far as I can tell, this is not carb puke. Here's what's happening, I go to the bike, it's cold and hasn't been started all day, I take it off the stand and start backing up. While backing up the bike jostles this way and that way. Well then I notice wet spots on the pavement and pools of fuel in the crevices on the bike. The fuel goes through the air cleaner and starts leaking everywhere. I can take off the cleaner and witness it leaving the carb throat. Anybody have a clue what's up with this?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931433 Shores (User) Go getchur scooter! Platinum Boarder Posts: 6961 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Stuck float or bad float valve or seal allowing too much gas to enter the bowl? Are you pumpless? Are you turning the petcock off when you park it?   Logged     The west is the best - Jim Morrison Photo by GreenMachine   The administrator has disabled public write access. #931434 Curt (Moderator) Never to old to ride! Moderator Posts: 22378 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Bad O-ring on the float needle seat or like Shores said trash in the seat. I would replace the needle and seat. I just finished a carb for BigWu that had a carb puke problem. The seat O-ring had shrunk so bad I when I pilled the seat screw out it just fell out and it should be a tight fit. Don't think he has on yet to tell how it is. The have to be changed as a set and don't cost that much.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931436 St.Ranger (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 250 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Negative on pumpless and negative on turning the petcock off.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931441 St.Ranger (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 250 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Ok so let's say I replace the needle and seat including o ring with stock oem parts, when I go pumpless (that is the eventual plan), would they just be replaced all over again?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931448 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 7000 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Sounds exactely what my bike did when I had the stock carb. Everything suggested already, I did, lowered float (twice), replaced o-ring and valve. Still leaked, as well as the fuel ate up and ruined a K&N filter. Spoke to a number of the carb guru's back then as well, even they were lost on this issue. Never went pumpless since I'm not a proponent of going gravity feed on stock carb. Ended up going to the 42 flatside.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931473 SKWEARpeg (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 12885 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   St.Ranger wrote: Ok so let's say I replace the needle and seat including o ring with stock oem parts, when I go pumpless (that is the eventual plan), would they just be replaced all over again? Yes. If you go pumpless, you'll be switching the Grizzly 3.0 gravity flow Needle and seat.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #931475 scraper (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 293 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Make sure to check your oil in case the overflow was leaking into the intake manifold and cylinders. Not sure if that is possible but maybe while its leaned over on the side stand it could have gone there.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #931482 St.Ranger (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 250 Re:Leaking fuel 2 Years, 3 Months ago   Well I guess this would be as good a time as any to go pumpless. Seeing as how I'd need to replace those exact parts anyways. Scraper I'll be sure to check the oil just in case.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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