thbanshee81 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 hey i just bought my banshee yesterday an road all day an parked it for the nite an i made sure an turned the gas off but when i went to get on it the next day my whole tank of gas leaked out.. anybody had that problem?? Quote
98_shee Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 Welcome to BHQ. Where is it leaking from? Quote
SAVAGE420 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 Proly your float/s hight. Take your bowls off (4 screws..simple) And hang the carb/s right side up and set the floats to 20-22 mm with the floats hanging down. Measure from the bottom of the float to the bottom of the carb, where the gasket would seal up. Just bend the tab/s on the float/s where they connect to the carb to raise them up some. = Done deal. If there in spec, well then its your needle/seat..need to clean out. Anyways, read this>>> http://www.dfn.com/benkaren/jetfaq.html And it tells you how to do both AND tons of jetting info for your 26mm Mikuni carbs. Quote
thbanshee81 Posted December 21, 2009 Author Report Posted December 21, 2009 Welcome to BHQ. Where is it leaking from? the little clear hose comin out of the carb and to the bottom of the fram i think its just an overflow... i was wondering if my petcock could be broke or something Quote
AKheathen Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 your pet cock probably just lost a chunk from rot, and got stuck in your float needle/seat. Quote
GNR101 Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 the little clear hose comin out of the carb and to the bottom of the fram i think its just an overflow... i was wondering if my petcock could be broke or something sounds like your petcock is passing.. maybe try filling ur tank . then having the petcock closed take the fuel line off and see if feul dripps out and x2 on the other stuff they said Quote
dajogejr Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 The single tube on the bottom of the carbs is not an overflow, it's a drain. That honestly...never gets used. Take the bowl off, one carb at a time so you don't accidentally swap bowls (there is a right and left bowl) Remove the screw all the way, and clean the bejesus out of the bowl, the hole and the drain screw. Then...as said, check to see why the fuel valve isn't shutting off/sealing properly. You can get a used fuel valve cheap...probably less than 20 or so shipped if the valve is bad. Quote
AKheathen Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 actually, the overflow tube stems from the backside of the drain tube......this is why the drainscrews are normally stripped, and really tight, from guys thinking the screw is leaking......... Quote
dajogejr Posted December 21, 2009 Report Posted December 21, 2009 ON stock carbs both carbs don't have that overflow tube. Quote
AKheathen Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 yes.......they do....... only seen a few cases where they didn't have them in like02 or 03, i think, but then they started putting them back in...... Quote
rubberneck Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 i guess my 95 and 01 bikes must have had 02-03 carbs then Quote
dajogejr Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 I wish my buddy, who bought the bike from the dealership in 1996, told me he used future prototype carbs on the bike when I bought his 96 from him back in 2005. I would've had it equipped with a Mr. Fusion as well. Seriously, I've converted a shit ton of stock carbs to non-TORS. I've never seen that tube in both bowls. Quote
AKheathen Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 well, i have 5 factory carbs and every bowl has it.........what it doesn't have is the choke pickup tube. otherwise, it would fill the crankcase everytime it leaked.......so, on this site, that makes 2-3, plus the ones you guys claim... Quote
shanYE west Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 I just happen to have a set of stock carbs sittin on my desk from a 01' hmm... lets see what I find.. Quote
GNR101 Posted December 22, 2009 Report Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) well, i have 5 factory carbs and every bowl has it.........what it doesn't have is the choke pickup tube. otherwise, it would fill the crankcase everytime it leaked.......so, on this site, that makes 2-3, plus the ones you guys claim... i think AK is right here... the bowls have to have an overflow tube on both sides.. or that would just be silly but they would only have 1 choke tube as there is only 1 carb with a choke control Edited December 22, 2009 by GNR101 Quote
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