overflow question?

[nick6257]

hey i have an 89 blaster and for some reason when i go to turn the gas on the gas just flows right through the overflow tube(not really sure what its called sorry) and im not a mechanic but im pretty sure its not supposed to do this. Now i know this may sound stupid but would a be able to clamp the tube so that gas doesnt come out anymore? i know its just for if i flip my four wheeler and i dont flip it to often so would that lead to some problems if i just clamped it?

 

[stephen12091985]

tap on the bowl of the carb with the handle of a screw driver or you need to adjust your float

 

[4cfed]

float is stuck, .. your best bet will be to remove the carb and take it apart and clean it, if its stuck chances are its pretty dirty inside,

 

[samolia]

same thing happened on my sled all i did was take the carb apart and cleaned it real good and then i took some fine grit sandpaper and sanded the needle to get the oxidation off

 

[06kid]

you could clamp that line if you did not want to clean your carb but it will prob just end up flooding out the motor so you wuld be better to clean the carb

 

[nick6257]

sweet thanks. i dont want to risk flooding it so ill just clean the carb

 

[nick6257]

cleaned the carb and it started up but not its reving really high? any ideas

 

[darealblaster]

cleaned the carb and it started up but NOT its reving really high? any ideas

if you mean NOW, then you have an airleak or if you have the tors play with the idle screw. To check for airleaks spray carb cleaner all over the engine and start it up,that should tell you were you have an airleak.

 

[nick6257]

yeah i meant now. but thanks ill go check it out