why am i leaking gas?

[cowboyup3371]

Oops, I've been thinking the same route as Skateguy. I'm not sure if you'll get a helicoil that small

[Skateguy50]

ohh, very different then, likely a cracked gasket under that and stripped thread.

Going to have to pull the carbs and get the rack upside down to see. I dont know the type... but I think some gaskets in a tube might hold up for that since its not high temp... or get some material and cut your own to match if your on time constraints.

One of my float bowl drains had issues... can you imagine why?


Found this old pic too, likely that gasket you see is cracked.


Again you can fix it right and get it tapped and threaded and order / find a new gasket, or go with some gasket in a tube (no clue what kind) and if it was me put a small bolt through the threads with a nylon lock nut on top. (not sure if yours looks like this but mine it threads through)

[achim1313]

alright pulled off the carbs. it was a lot easier the second time around lol. anyways the screw the hole is stripped, any suggestions. also the gasket of the same carb was ripped in half and several other places. i'll be replacing that tomrrow. bowl was good. put water in it and didn't drip. while i have the carbs off i'm going to try to clean them again. so again any suggestions for the stripped screw? again it's the bowl part that's stripped. skate you said bolt and nut? hopefully this stops it. I haven't even started packing for college yet and I still have to work on my car ahhhh it's going to be a fun 4 days.

[Skateguy50]

Does your carb look like my picture, where you could fit a bolt through and nut on top? If so I would do that for sure, if it threads into the carb body only you need to try and retap the threads.



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[achim1313]

i don't think so. the screws dont go all the way through.

[sparki]

why not just tap the m5 bolt to an m6?.. done that a few times on float bowls. no need to drill it first, just run an m6 tap through the knackered hole

[achim1313]

......what

[sparki]

.......what's what? - tapping the hole larger or my use of the Queens language?

[Planecrazy]

You said "knackered!" (and I have NO idea what his "what" was for, btw)

[achim1313]

Tapping the hole larger

[sparki]

is the issue one on the bolts on the float bowl? if it is then the hole size is 5mm . it's that is knackered... (damaged) then simply use a tap (not the water kind, but the kind that cuts threads in a hole) to make it a 6mm and thus working again

[achim1313]

alright. took carbs off again and got that leak taken care off, but now i'm leaking out of the pod (no air box filter, individuals) which it wasn't doing before...would did i do something to the float, that's what would cause that right?

[achim1313]

little bit more detail...the bike is already warm. i have to put it on choke to start it up and even then it will take a few seconds. once it does i have to keep it open for a bit or else it will just die. after it warms up it runs just fine. once i shut it off it takes about 45 seconds or so and it will start leaking out of the pod, but only that one and again it didn't before. it will leak for about a minute maybe only about half a tablespoon or so then it will stop. try to start it back up again have to put it back on choke and repeat the process

[achim1313]

also i really don't want to take the carbs off again. if it is the floats, and i'm pretty sure it is cus i was curious and screwed around with that, am i able to adjust it while it's still on the bike? or will that just make it even more difficult

[BassCliff]

Hi,

See if this bit of information helps.


Overflowing Carbs


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff