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You might remember that I had a problem with flooding a couple of months back and Jason was able to help with that. I'd hit a block of wood that fell off a truck and the bike hopped into the air and after that petrol was leaking out of the carbs. A mechanic pulled the plastics and tapped the float bowl and that fixed it.
Well my choke cable broke 2 weeks back and I got the mechanic in again. He pulled the plastics, air filter box and while disconnecting the choke he noticed some perished rubber tubes that needed replacing. So he had to take carbs off to get at them. Replaced some tubes and decided to strip and clean the carbs while they were out. So far so good. Put the carbs back and started the engine and now the petrol is flooding out into the exhausts and onto the floor almost as quick as I can pour it into the tank!
Took the carbs out again (we already checked all the fuel lines first and they were fine and connected right, as we had marked them before dissassembly) andopened the float bowls and found nothing amiss. The mechanic blew out everything again with an air line and put them back into the bike and started the engine, leaving the air filter lid off so we could see into the top of the carbs. After a few seconds we could see the right carb spitting fuel from the small brass holes at the top rear and left. The petrol is just dumping into the engine and straight into the exhaust.
At this point the mechanic is really baffled. All hoses are connected properly and he is about to give up unless someone can shed light on this please. :crying:
You might remember that I had a problem with flooding a couple of months back and Jason was able to help with that. I'd hit a block of wood that fell off a truck and the bike hopped into the air and after that petrol was leaking out of the carbs. A mechanic pulled the plastics and tapped the float bowl and that fixed it.
Well my choke cable broke 2 weeks back and I got the mechanic in again. He pulled the plastics, air filter box and while disconnecting the choke he noticed some perished rubber tubes that needed replacing. So he had to take carbs off to get at them. Replaced some tubes and decided to strip and clean the carbs while they were out. So far so good. Put the carbs back and started the engine and now the petrol is flooding out into the exhausts and onto the floor almost as quick as I can pour it into the tank!
Took the carbs out again (we already checked all the fuel lines first and they were fine and connected right, as we had marked them before dissassembly) andopened the float bowls and found nothing amiss. The mechanic blew out everything again with an air line and put them back into the bike and started the engine, leaving the air filter lid off so we could see into the top of the carbs. After a few seconds we could see the right carb spitting fuel from the small brass holes at the top rear and left. The petrol is just dumping into the engine and straight into the exhaust.
At this point the mechanic is really baffled. All hoses are connected properly and he is about to give up unless someone can shed light on this please. :crying: