Help! Carbs are pissing gas..

[JacebF]

Right out of the filters..at first it did it ONLY when it was shut off. Now it does it while its running. Gas everywhere. Anyone have any ideas? I am new to carbs unfortunately but have a very good/extensive mechanical background. I'm afraid I just dont know much about them. Any help would be greatly appreciated before I burn it to the ground. Hah.

 

[mmmboost]

Check your needle/seats to make sure they are sealing properly. Another member on here just had a similar issue one one of his carbs and it turned out that his float was full of fuel......causing it to.....not float..... So fuel never got shut off.

 

[Jeff0133]

Yep floats....did you leave the petcock on Prime by any chance?

 

[SoraXS400]

Definitely float bowl adjustments. Same thing happened to me when I rebuilt the carbs. Make sure your brass float is adjusted to 26mm and if you have plastic bowls, I believe it's around the 32mm mark.

 

[JacebF]

Thanks for the responses folks, I appreciate it!
Turns out that 1.) I am a dumbass.
and 2.) the floats needed adjusted.

Left the petcock on prime, didn't realize it what-so-ever..
Took the carbs off and realized the floats are about a 1/4" off of each other so I am going to attempt to reset them.

Also figured out that the carbs weren't synched very well, they had the "preload" screw for the linkage loose so one butterfly was open a little and the other was completely closed. Think I made enough progress that I may actually be able to ride the damn thing soon..

Just have to figure out how to properly adjust the floats and I think all will be well for once!