200s still wont stop leaking?!? Im pulling my hair out!

[juggaloclownz18]

I got all the rust out of the tank and put a filter on it, nothing is getting past the filter its doing a great job, but the stupid carb still leaks gas and the wont shut off, its clean nothing in there, needle seems to be working good, but the leak persists no matter what i do, and if i block off the overflow then it just backs up into the carb and floods it out or runs out where the carb goes into the airbox boot.....


Please someone help me, it did it with the old OEM carb and still doing it with the brand new chinese knockoff that i bought for it.... I really want to fix so i can ride, im desperate!! AND baffled i know there can only be a number of factors contributing to it but i have gone over them allready....

[Russell 350X]

Does it only do it when it's sitting or all the time?

[juggaloclownz18]

It does it any time that the petcock is turned on, stops after the petcock gets turned off and the float bowl drains, but when you turn it back on it leaks out the bottom again....

[runaway]

hello
did you try adjusting the float until it stops leaking,i mean extreme bends to see if it will even seat the needle all the way? just throwing ideas at you. with the carb off the bike take the bowl off and hook the carb to the gas line and see if you can push the float up and seat the needle.

[Mr_RPM]

is the needle and seat valve warn out (the little rubber seat for the needle) causeing a bad seal therefore leaking? ALSO i have had this happen now that i think of it, take your float out and make sure its still floating properly, i had a 1987 yamaha warrior where the float stopped floating and i took a newer one out of a 1999 warrior. but if u said it happens on 2 carbs (OEM and chinese) then idk. GOOD LUCK i know the feeling. took us months to be as desperate to checking to see if the float floated, lol and yeah, check every dumb thing you can never be to sure.

[juggaloclownz18]

yeah i bent it and its stopping the needle right where it should be at, and it still leaks, but its not worn since its a new carb too......

[juggaloclownz18]

I just dont understand what would make both carbs leak the same....?

[Russell 350X]

Something isn't right...those knockoff carbs like what you bought are junk IMHO...

[juggaloclownz18]

Yeah there junk in my opinion too, but the oem one was doing the same thing....?

[Mr_RPM]

Something isn't right...those knockoff carbs like what you bought are junk IMHO...

yeah, i would vote on repairing your OEM, but i dont know the condition so

[Russell 350X]

Did you rebuild the OEM carb? Kits are 15$ or so.....

[AutoXer]

Have you tried taking the bowl off and holding the float up?

[juggaloclownz18]

Yeah and the needle closed at the exact perfect spot, after i adjusted it and it still leaks..... Took the chinese one off and put the OEM one back on and no more leaks, but the idle wont stop hanging no matter how i adjust it, im so frustrated!!!!!

[mopar_man]

Did you put a new float needle in your OEM carb?

[juggaloclownz18]

No i looked and they were like $30 thats why i bought the junker Chinese piece of crap

[JustEnough]

I have bought two chinese carbs off ebay for about $25 each and they both work perfect. The finish on the outside of them is rough, probably because they use the sintered metal process to make them, but the internals were machined smooth. I have a hard time gambling on a carb kit when a complete carb replacement is about the same price.

[juggaloclownz18]

that was my thoughts why spend the same money for less parts? but it has been nothing but trouble since i got it!!!

[beets442]

Just wondering did you reuse the OEM bowl?

[juggaloclownz18]

No i never tried that why?

[beets442]

Sometimes the overflow tube splits and you lose vaccuum88813

[zppeacock]

I have bought two chinese carbs off ebay for about $25 each and they both work perfect. The finish on the outside of them is rough, probably because they use the sintered metal process to make them, but the internals were machined smooth. I have a hard time gambling on a carb kit when a complete carb replacement is about the same price.

Same I have had good luck with chinese carbs

[mopar_man]

No i looked and they were like $30 thats why i bought the junker Chinese piece of crap

A $20 kit comes with that along with everything else needed to rebuild one. I would've done that before buying a Chinese junk carb.

[juggaloclownz18]

Will the jets from the chinese junker fit in my OEM carb? and the float and crap like that?

or would the float bowl from my OEM improve the performance of the chinese one?

[runaway]

hello
u say the choke is hanging up please explain.does the choke lever close , u can bend that little metal tab that covers the lever to make it tighter to hold it in place.

[Frankencelery]

Seems like we talked about this in another thread...if you're absolutely certain the float is adjusted correctly, then there has to be something wrong with the new carb.

I hate to suggest you should spend even more money, but here's the one I put on my 200s, and it's been running great for two years now: http://www.dratv.com/sttyreca325.html. I think the pilot jet might be a little small, because it bogs when you stab it from idle, but it idles great, runs great at WoT (tops out at just over 50MPH) and best of all, NO LEAKING!

[Russell 350X]

Dude, just rebuild the OEM carb. Throw that chinese POS in the garbage.

[juggaloclownz18]

Yeah im gonna have to, this ebay carb sucks horribly!

[3wheeledjunkie]

The tubes can have pinholes and thats what cause it to leak out the overflow, when it's not really overflowing. Throw the junker away and work on the oem.

[Frankencelery]

That would be easy to test. Take the bowl off and fill it with gas. If it leaks, then junkie is right.

[inv3ctiv3]

that was my thoughts why spend the same money for less parts? but it has been nothing but trouble since i got it!!!

Chinese vs Japanese, that's why.