my carb has the clap

[4cfed]

well the drip lol!! ok ok drips... not a blaster but a carb is a carb....


when i ride my 200x its just fine besides being a pita to start when cold, but has no issues.... unless i start screwing around and doing wheelies, it will start to leak gas out of the vent tube on the left side of the carb...
Why would this be?? my only guess would be the float is getting stuck??? once it starts leaking it will pretty much keep leaking untell i shut the fuel off, wait for it to stop dripping. Than i can turn the fuel on and start riding again and it will be fine tell wheeling again, or tipping over

 

[03blasteryfs03]

if not floats its the needle and seat or technical terms the inlet valve there is a rubber teflon the gets worna nd breaks down and allows way to much gas in

 

[4cfed]

ok, ill check it out, ill prob pull the bowl off tommrow since there is enough room to do it with out pillin the carb off the machine,and i can clean the carb with it on ( gotta love hondas) iv never had this problem so idk what to check, i can tear them down and clean them and tune them but fuel leaks idk

 

[03blasteryfs03]

well its where the bowl connects to this little bullet thing and its a 10 mill boltthing that the little needle is sitting in the pull that out and look at the tip or just replace it its a cheap part

 

[4cfed]

ok thanks... ill check it out after work

 

[03blasteryfs03]

yah man no prob even thought its a 4stroke still hear to help not like the losers who r stickly my stuff is better than urs kinda crap lol

 

[4cfed]

lol.. iv owned 2 and 4 stroke machines... ill help anyone to, and normally i can fix anything but like i said never delt with a carb leaking from the vent tube, my cr125 did it the day i bought it but it had been sitting and after running it for a bit it cleared up and stopped leaking

 

[Awk08]

heres my take on that float valve, i called one dealer to get one, they told me $58,
i told them wrong part, and hungup, called another one, they told me $52, just for that float valve, i looked on ebay and got a complete rebuild kit, including this $50 sum float valve, for $15 plus couple shipping, fixed my leaking, bogging, runnin too rich problem for under $20, not $58

 

[4cfed]

well mine runs great just leaks after one of 3 wheels leaves the ground a few times lol

 

[Awk08]

i dont think 4 strokes are as sensitive to rich/lean conditions as 2 strokes, it's gotta be either the floats stickin or the float valve
i also found one time, that on the inside of the 2 posts where the float pin goes in, the stainless steel float hinge had worn a groove in the aluminum posts, where the pin goes thru, causing my floats to hang up now and then