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My #1 carb is still flooding. The plug is sooting up, idle drops to 500, and on throttle, gas leaks out the carb, along the choke shaft (?) it seems. Carbs are spotless inside, and were Honda dealer rebuilt. Today I put an OEM float, valve needle and seat from my old carbs in. Float height to spec. Put a different float pivot pin as well. Seems like it's operating fine. Then when i fire it up, gas starts seeping into the air chamber of the carb plenum as i look down through the bike, then dripping from the carb body onto the engine, as i look from the side. It's intermittent. No smoke out exhaust. I got 50mpg riding two up for a few days, then it would flood/leak like hell. HELLLLPPP! Is my carb plenum gasket hooped? Or maybe the fuel o-ring on the #1 carb, where it joins the carb plenum? This would make sense. I think even dealers skip this deep a rebuild (float parts were aftermarket).
My #1 carb is still flooding. The plug is sooting up, idle drops to 500, and on throttle, gas leaks out the carb, along the choke shaft (?) it seems. Carbs are spotless inside, and were Honda dealer rebuilt. Today I put an OEM float, valve needle and seat from my old carbs in. Float height to spec. Put a different float pivot pin as well. Seems like it's operating fine. Then when i fire it up, gas starts seeping into the air chamber of the carb plenum as i look down through the bike, then dripping from the carb body onto the engine, as i look from the side. It's intermittent. No smoke out exhaust. I got 50mpg riding two up for a few days, then it would flood/leak like hell. HELLLLPPP! Is my carb plenum gasket hooped? Or maybe the fuel o-ring on the #1 carb, where it joins the carb plenum? This would make sense. I think even dealers skip this deep a rebuild (float parts were aftermarket).