Post by taibhse on Apr 18, 2020 15:36:08 GMT -6
Hello everybody, sorry if this was posted already, but the threads I've been able to find are old ones and pics can't be viewed anymore, or don't have the information I need, and can't find anywhere.
First a bit of context. I took the tank and mudguards to get painted, and my mechanic left gas in the carbs for 3 months, so it turned into jelly.
He allegedly cleaned the carbs before, these were in perfect condition, mechanically the bike was running flawlessly with no issues before all this.
When I got it back I used it 2 days, and then it started leaking an awful amount of gas through the air filters, to the extent that overnight a full tank was emptied.
I ook off the carbs, opened them up and cleaned them. After that everything looks fine, but when I reassembled the bike it started leaking again. Not drops, I just gushed out the air filters.
Now my question is this, could it be due to the fuel lines are being misplaced? I'm aware that these carbs work by vacuum, so I'm worried that there's a part of the fuel circuit that might not be complete or that I might have hooked them up to the wrong nozzles.
Now my question is this, could it be due to the fuel lines are being misplaced? I'm aware that these carbs work by vacuum, so I'm worried that there's a part of the fuel circuit that might not be complete or that I might have hooked them up to the wrong nozzles.
There are 3 hoses coming out of the tank. 2 on the tank nozzle (a small one and a big one), and one on the opposite side of the tank (a big one).
The carbs have 4 places where they can go plugged in. First on top of the carbs on the external sides, 1 on each carb, while the one on the right carb is capped (has a plug on it).
One that connects both carbs horizontally and that has a small nozzle in the middle (T shaped), and one under the carbs that also connects both carbs horizontally, towards the rear, near the air pods, that has a nozzle on the left side of the connection (it's also T shapped, but the nozzle is on the left side instead of in the middle like the one between the carbs).
The only two hoses that were connected were the ones that come out of the tank nozzle. I hooked up the smaller line to the nozzle on the top of the left carb.
The big one to the line that connects the carbs with the nozzle in the middle (The T shaped one).
The only two hoses that were connected were the ones that come out of the tank nozzle. I hooked up the smaller line to the nozzle on the top of the left carb.
The big one to the line that connects the carbs with the nozzle in the middle (The T shaped one).
And the big one that comes out of the right side of the tank, is not connected to anything.
Is that how it should be? Or should the one that isn't connected be connected to the carbs too?
Is that how it should be? Or should the one that isn't connected be connected to the carbs too?
Sry if i'm not clear enough, I'd be glad to clarify if needed.