Carb Keeps Letting gas out

[junjun01]

Any Ideas How to stop the carb from leaking?...it keeps leaking drops of gas from the overflow hose all the time.
which screw do i turn to make it stop ( atc 70 )...it idles normal & starts right up

[burg28]

take apart the carb and look at the float. make sure that its not stuck and adjust it. while there you might as well clean the jets with COPPER wire

[John mendolera]

Your needle seat is sticking open.You need to tap the side of carb when it does it.If that doesn't work then you need to take carb apart and take needle seat out it's connected to the float not the thing that look's like a needle.Take some emery cloth and sand the side and point "lightly"your doing this to get the gummed old gas off that's probly causing the problem.Take your time and work in a clean area and well lit.Just in case you drop a small piece.Good luck

[junjun01]

If the float is doing that...won't that make the bike hard to start or to idle bad?

[John mendolera]

yes,it would sometime's,but not alway's.depend's on how much it leak's.If it leak's as bad as the one's I have idle is bad ,foul's plug's,hard to start.But a small leak ,just tap the side of carb.may have a small piece of dirt on the needle and keep's it open temperally.Any dirt in tank?

[junjun01]

Tank is clean have one of those coating jobs inside...but it does foul the plug

[Beer_Smurf]

Check your float for condition and adjustment.
Check your needle and seat for wear and or damage.
You should probably also add a clear plastic in-line filter so you can see if you are getting any junk from you tank.

[smokinp]

check yout float,if it dosn't stop then you can buy a carb rebuild kit and that should fix the problem.

[84250r]

Just be carefull. Carbs can be very senseative.

[yamahaman89]

Just be carefull. Carbs can be very senseative.

Yea just dont learn it the hard way like i did lol

[yamaha200E]

If the float is doing that...won't that make the bike hard to start or to idle bad?


well i know this is a completly different bike but all carbs work the same pretty much right? well my ytm did that and my floats were dry rotted. idled perfect ran good. but my floats dry rotted so vad that when i took the boal off they fell out. :shock: so it might be that.