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Another carb thread, I know I'm sorry. I am really frustrated right now.
Quick history. Cleaned and changed orings and float needles less the a year ago. Bike ran fine for the summer, went to ride last weekend, gas spilled out. Tried to run it for a day and see if it cleared up, still wasn't running right, suspeced a float issue.
Took apart, found small piece rubber in float needle seat on carb 1, and thought aha, thats it!! Soaked jets overnight anyways. Checked all float needles and seats, still looked perfect. Checked float heights (I am not confident I did it correctly though) and reassembled. Before installing decided to test with carbs on bench. Hooked up to gas tank and carbs one and two poured gas out while on prime. Carb 3 and 4 ok, although when I went to drain them, carb 3 was just about dry.
Questions:
The float height would have to be WAY off before it would allow the carbs to overflow, right?
The o-rings and needles are less then a year old and about 3000 miles on them, they shouldn't need replacing again, correct?
When checking the float height, I can't get the floats large o-ring to seat all the way in so the plastic is flush with the metal. I tried screwing the bowls on and leaving them for about 10 mins, but still no luck. I assume that would mess up the float level, correct?!
I'm about to buy a bike with EFI!!
Thanks in advance for the help.
Quick history. Cleaned and changed orings and float needles less the a year ago. Bike ran fine for the summer, went to ride last weekend, gas spilled out. Tried to run it for a day and see if it cleared up, still wasn't running right, suspeced a float issue.
Took apart, found small piece rubber in float needle seat on carb 1, and thought aha, thats it!! Soaked jets overnight anyways. Checked all float needles and seats, still looked perfect. Checked float heights (I am not confident I did it correctly though) and reassembled. Before installing decided to test with carbs on bench. Hooked up to gas tank and carbs one and two poured gas out while on prime. Carb 3 and 4 ok, although when I went to drain them, carb 3 was just about dry.
Questions:
The float height would have to be WAY off before it would allow the carbs to overflow, right?
The o-rings and needles are less then a year old and about 3000 miles on them, they shouldn't need replacing again, correct?
When checking the float height, I can't get the floats large o-ring to seat all the way in so the plastic is flush with the metal. I tried screwing the bowls on and leaving them for about 10 mins, but still no luck. I assume that would mess up the float level, correct?!
I'm about to buy a bike with EFI!!
Thanks in advance for the help.
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