Topic: leaking gasoline

[Ernie]

my son and i went for ice cream this evening and we're sitting near the bike eating our sundays and i  see somthing dripping from the back of the motor ,its gas comming from one of the hoses that connects to the bottoms of the carbs any ideas on what would cause that??? needless to say i turned off the petcock and finnished my icecream sunday

[Paul]

Drunk 'an all as I am....seems like a sticking float, Give the carb assy an 'oul kick and see if it stops.....hic.

[upperlake04]

sounds like Paul has it cased..   BTW Paul - do those muppet curmugeons have names?

[Paul]

Statler & Waldorf if I remember correctly, Need to change it again though.
They were cranky 'oul f****rs and I was relating at the time.
I Preffered my girls....must look for more...

[seaweb11]

Hit the offending carb with the side of a plastic screwdriver. If it stops....your a hero...if it doesn't get in there and figure out why the needle to the float isn't closing off.

Hope you had a great ice cream with your son

[upperlake04]

thanks P  always wondered about that.   what a great site - answers for every question    Ernie - how about that for replies - two that concur on the cause of the leak and two methods on how to fix it

[mbrock307]

As long as you haven't been inside of the carbs, is probably a  sticky float, if you have, you may have the float height set wrong.....   when in doubt....hit it with a screwdriver...lol

Brock