[mmonsterbuck]

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help, took vacuume line off shut off valve, and drove 10 miles, ran fine. hydrolocked today, filled motor with gas, got it running, went for ride, thats when i unhooked vac line from valve, and rode it to see what would happen, ran fine. haven't checked it 4 2hrs.valve was rebuilt not long ago. so whats the deal.

 

[Hobie1]

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Greetings,

Uh....what's the question? Why did you take the vacuum line off to begin with?

Regards,

Hobie

 

[mmonsterbuck]

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want to see if valve is working, if this is causeing hydrolocking

 

[L8ndeb]

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If it ran 10 miles with the vacuum line off the auto fuel valve, then I would say no, it's not working. Should have died when the fuel in the carb bowls was depleted.

 

[Rudy]

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You have two problems. Bad fuel shutoff valve and stuck or leaking float valves.

Both should be addressed.

 

[mmonsterbuck]

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rudy, do u mean needle n seat in carbs,what are float valves ? talked to mec. he said fuel shut off is the problem, because of the amount of fuel. it has new diafram in it, took it apart still didnt work, it almost looked like it was to big, left it out all together and it ran fine, i mite just put hand shut off in, i also let pressure off cap

 

[Mike Toon]

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Your shut off valve obviously isn't working, but not the cause of the carbs leaking.

You're needles/seats are causing the gas to leak in to the crankcase.

In other words, if your carbs weren't leaking you wouldn't have gas in your crankcase even if your petcock wasn't working properly.