HELP!! Carbs leaking everywhere

[Mike]

I just bought my bike, 82 GS450L. Everything seemed to be going ok when a buddy rode it back to my house for me. Tried to crank it up tonight, and gas started pouring out everywhere. I'm having trouble finding any hose diagrams for the 450, but there is a hose connected to each carb towards the center and the hoses aren't connected to anything on the other end. This is where most of the gas is leaking from, along with the hose coming down from the air intake. Are these just vents, or are they supposed to be hooked up somewhere?

Thanks

[Ranger]

Those are drains, you can hook hoses up to them and route them under the bike.

You're gonna have to do work to those carbs.

Here is all you need. (click it).

[Mike]

Any idea what kind of work to the carbs? Where to even start?

Thanks for the link, looking through it now.

[Ranger]

Start here, for an idea. http://members.dslextreme.com/users/...ning_guide.pdf

Make sure you go over everything on BassCliffs site that you don't know about and this new link before even trying to start your bike again.

Valves, Carbs, Oil, Etc.

[Mike]

Awesome, I just ordered some o-rings, so as soon as those get here, I'll give it a good cleaning. Thanks for the help!

[Steve]

Those are drains, you can hook hoses up to them and route them under the bike. ...

Not sure what "drains" you have seen on 450 carbs, but I have never seen them.

There is a vent hose that connects to each carb and hangs down to 'nothing', there is a fuel hose that goes from the "T" between the carbs to the petcock on the tank, and a vacuum line that goes from the petcock to one of the carbs (I don't remember which one).

When you say "the hose coming down from the air intake", are you referring to the drain hose?
The only hoses that connect to the "air intake" are the breather hose that should connect to the breather cover on top of the engine and the drain hose on the bottom of the air box.

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[Mike]

Not sure what "drains" you have seen on 450 carbs, but I have never seen them.

There is a vent hose that connects to each carb and hangs down to 'nothing', there is a fuel hose that goes from the "T" between the carbs to the petcock on the tank, and a vacuum line that goes from the petcock to one of the carbs (I don't remember which one).

When you say "the hose coming down from the air intake", are you referring to the drain hose?
The only hoses that connect to the "air intake" are the breather hose that should connect to the breather cover on top of the engine and the drain hose on the bottom of the air box.

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The hose from the intake was the drain hose, not the breather.

[Steve]

OK.

What is the position of the petcock?

It should be in the RUN or ON position, not PRI.

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[Mike]

OK.

What is the position of the petcock?

It should be in the RUN or ON position, not PRI.

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It was in ON

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