carbs leaking at the right and left ones

okay :roll: its 2 am.............





i work at aplebees and the weekends are the long hours!


so saturdays i open and close with some personal business in between

and today my guy buddy of mine ran the fuel lines for me and got her to fire up

but then :evil: he noticed gas trickling out of the left and right carbs 8O


so he shut her down and came to work and talked with me about it ok...


not a big deal really but he needs it out of his dads garage and so therefore i understand and :?


we make plans to get it tonight so its settled well he then later changes his mind to wait till tomorrow :twisted:


that is irritating i have no patience and when plans are made i do not break them however he has ran the fuel lines and done his end that he said he would

so my question is what would make this happen what would make the carbs leak i am so f***ing mad right now its unbeleivable and i am tired and cranky



so i come to you guys in humble ignorance to help me please please please i have know knowledge of this or any bike so in this fit of mind wrecking numbness






i say this he states he has taken the two carbs bottom of and checked the gasket and said it was good so what else could cause it to leak and does anyone in live here in indiana cause that would be awesome i live in henry ounty


i appreciate the help now i am going to smoke a cigarette and go to bed maybe



dear Lord please send me an angel bearing patience the size of alaska amen

 

either you have floats/needle valves stuck open or floats set too high (or both). do NOT leave the fuel shutoff set to PRI until this is fixed.

 

hmmmmm okay and how would one go about knowing how to fix this

and what a float or a needle valve is thanks

 

i've been told you might get lucky and can gently tap your carbs with a wooden hammer handle and they will miraculously unstick.

if you (or your friend) can remove the bowls (which it sounds like your friend already did to check the gasket) then, in theory you should be able to remove the float(s) and needles without removing the carbs.

if you have a manual, there should be a nice picture of what's going on.

although, i just realized - you should also check your carb bowl drain screws are tight - i'm not sure exactly where the gas is leaking out of - but if the drain screws are loose (or missing) that'd make you leak gas, too.

i take it the bike in question is the one pictured in your gallery?

 

there's a small pipe that feeds gas from one carb to the other that can leak
need to break the rack down to fix it

 

Here are some links and a picture I borrowed from bill, THANKS bill.

http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=11390.html

Scroll/read down to post 11, bear in mind this carb is upside down.
You should be able to change the neddle and seat, and adjust the float with the carbs on the bike.
http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... t+dry.html

Everything you need is on this site, the SEARCH feature is your friend.

ab

 

Yes it is the bike ib gallery thank you

 

I like the labeling in the pic.

On to the problem - you need to take a good look and tell use where the gas is leaking from. I can think of at least 4 places that might leak - each has it's own fix.

 

Glad you didn't mind me using your pic, that thread REALLY help when I rebulit my carbs.

ab

 

I don't mind any use of what I post except commercial usage. We can all help each other....

 

Ya know, Rick suggested blowing baby powder to find an oil leak, maybe that would help you find the gas leak??

You need to know if it's a bowl gasket (4) , supply rail (6 "O" rings) , or if it's simply flooding and coming out the airbox. That would be floats.

I guess you could lay a big sheet of paper under the carbs to help find the drip. And this site has had at least 4 bike fires, so be careful.

http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic ... arage.html

 

sweet it seems to be coming from in between each the right and left carbs

 

i think that rules out float/needle and drains. which leaves gaskets and supply rail. assuming the gaskets are good as claimed - your leak is from the supply rail. that means pulling the carbs and taking the rack apart.

at least new o-rings are cheap.

 

Make it stop leaking.
Install a Manual "Shut-Off" valve to the Petcock Output.
There is none finer than Briggs and Stratton.
That STOPS the leak.

Once the leak is STOPPED, ...
Find it and take corrective action.

An Inline "Shut-Off" >> Prevents:
Flooding
Fire
Smell
Crankcase filled with Gas.

 

I had a fuel pump in my bike and after taking that off i had no gas leak

 

With the Seca Turbo you'll need that fuel pump to keep it running right or your going to run it lean and burn it up...

You need to pull the carbs to repair/replace the carb fuel connectors(PIPE, STARTER CONNECTING in the parts diagrams).

 

really so its supposed to have a holley fuel pump?

 

Supposed to have a fuel pump(circled in RED). What's on it may be causing the leak if It's pumping too much pressure, but the bypass valve should send it back to the tank if it's working right.

 

no its a actual electronic fuel pump

 

Thats Correct!