Carb pissing out overflow?
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Typically the float is a solid material.
Adjusting the float to the right "height" is critical. Adjustments get whacked out when disassembling the carb. It must be measured precisely or it may also cause stalling on acceleration.
Typically with a carb rebuild you replace the float valve. The neoprene tip on it rots with today's gas. It can leave residue in the valve seat too. I used a light compound on a q-tip to remove stuck rubber bits and pieces and to put a clean shine on the seat.
With my older bikes, with older carbs I would use the petcock to stop the flow when parked. When running it seemed there wasn't as much of an issue. But parking overnight often left gas dripping out the overflow tube.
The best thing I ever did was replace the old carb on my '86 with an S&S shorty Super E
Hopefully these tips will help you solve the issue of unwanted overflow.
Adjusting the float to the right "height" is critical. Adjustments get whacked out when disassembling the carb. It must be measured precisely or it may also cause stalling on acceleration.
Typically with a carb rebuild you replace the float valve. The neoprene tip on it rots with today's gas. It can leave residue in the valve seat too. I used a light compound on a q-tip to remove stuck rubber bits and pieces and to put a clean shine on the seat.
With my older bikes, with older carbs I would use the petcock to stop the flow when parked. When running it seemed there wasn't as much of an issue. But parking overnight often left gas dripping out the overflow tube.
The best thing I ever did was replace the old carb on my '86 with an S&S shorty Super E
Hopefully these tips will help you solve the issue of unwanted overflow.
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Ok, I have the carb off, been running sea foam all summer, in fact about every third tank or so for the last 5 yrs. I have a rebuild kit that I will go pick up shortly and will go through everything again.... Was suffering from head cold but it's tolerable now, will get it rebuilt and put back on tomorrow and see what happens..
JohnnyC - it's fine when parked, when I fire it up (and it runs better than it ever has) is when it starts dumping fuel, I am wondering if I didn't get the float set right... This and more questions answered on tomorrow's episode of.... My Carb Is Screwed, lol
Hey, it does beat my old man who bought a brand new tri glide after waiting two weeks for delivery, it has spent 5 of the last 6 days back at the shop because it won't run! Lol
JohnnyC - it's fine when parked, when I fire it up (and it runs better than it ever has) is when it starts dumping fuel, I am wondering if I didn't get the float set right... This and more questions answered on tomorrow's episode of.... My Carb Is Screwed, lol
Hey, it does beat my old man who bought a brand new tri glide after waiting two weeks for delivery, it has spent 5 of the last 6 days back at the shop because it won't run! Lol
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Typically the float is a solid material.
Adjusting the float to the right "height" is critical. Adjustments get whacked out when disassembling the carb. It must be measured precisely or it may also cause stalling on acceleration.
Typically with a carb rebuild you replace the float valve. The neoprene tip on it rots with today's gas. It can leave residue in the valve seat too. I used a light compound on a q-tip to remove stuck rubber bits and pieces and to put a clean shine on the seat.
With my older bikes, with older carbs I would use the petcock to stop the flow when parked. When running it seemed there wasn't as much of an issue. But parking overnight often left gas dripping out the overflow tube.
The best thing I ever did was replace the old carb on my '86 with an S&S shorty Super E
Hopefully these tips will help you solve the issue of unwanted overflow.
Adjusting the float to the right "height" is critical. Adjustments get whacked out when disassembling the carb. It must be measured precisely or it may also cause stalling on acceleration.
Typically with a carb rebuild you replace the float valve. The neoprene tip on it rots with today's gas. It can leave residue in the valve seat too. I used a light compound on a q-tip to remove stuck rubber bits and pieces and to put a clean shine on the seat.
With my older bikes, with older carbs I would use the petcock to stop the flow when parked. When running it seemed there wasn't as much of an issue. But parking overnight often left gas dripping out the overflow tube.
The best thing I ever did was replace the old carb on my '86 with an S&S shorty Super E
Hopefully these tips will help you solve the issue of unwanted overflow.
This was the cause on my 94. New float needle fixed it.
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