GhostRider Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) Hello there. I have a problem in my banshee carb, when i turn the gas tank key on, my carbs leaks fuel from the side and this is happening when my engine on and off, i never had problem before with fuel leaking from carbs .. i'm using the stock carbs and i didnt jetted the banshee before .. it was on 200 stock main and stock needle, what i did to the banshee is that i bought a jetting kit and installed 300 main jet and pilot and new jet needle... this is what i did to the carb, maybe the jet needle position? i set it same as the stock one at position 3, i changed the carbs gaskit and used the new ones from the jetting kit, right side is leaking more than left side and i'm not sure if the left side is leaking or not cause of the big leak from the right one... fuel is coming out like crazy!! Edited September 7, 2009 by GhostRider Quote
GhostRider Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Posted September 7, 2009 it's not leaking from the overfloat need help fast ! Quote
Larry's Shee Posted September 7, 2009 Report Posted September 7, 2009 First off be sure you didn't leak fuel into lower crankcase. pull both plugs and kick over several times. Otherwise could hydrolock and bend rod. Did kit come with float needle? Double check that floats aren't hanging up. Quote
GhostRider Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Posted September 7, 2009 First off be sure you didn't leak fuel into lower crankcase. pull both plugs and kick over several times. Otherwise could hydrolock and bend rod. Did kit come with float needle? Double check that floats aren't hanging up. no, kit not come with float needle, i didnt touch that, the only changes i made is: main jet, pilot jet, needle. this needle i mean: after i putted the carb caps on, the slides went down more than before... so i played with the tors big screws and it went up little bit Quote
GhostRider Posted September 7, 2009 Author Report Posted September 7, 2009 sounds like nobody likes banshee carburetor issues 30 views 95% of them is me Quote
GhostRider Posted September 8, 2009 Author Report Posted September 8, 2009 hey guys i fixed the problem, removed the carbs, i changed the jets from 300 to 290, cleaned the carbs and tighteen the bowls so good. still theres a leak when the motor is off, but not like the old leak, its small leak .. i runned the engine it starts from the first kick! Quote
fastbanshee8 Posted September 8, 2009 Report Posted September 8, 2009 Your leak is caused by one of the two following conditions. Either the floats are set to high, or the needles, and seats above the float arms are bad. The needles, and seats can be replaced, and you won't necessarily be able to tell that they're bad by looking at them. Make sure the floats are adjusted to the proper height, and if fuel still comes out the overflow tubes, then the needles, and seats are bad. A Clymer's manual will tell you what height to set the floats at, and how to set them. Quote
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