Carbs leaking? Here is how to fix it.

Carburetor leakage, especially significant leaking while the bike is running, can have a dangerous and damaging effect on your bike. The type of carb leakage described in this video will typically leak from the carb overflow tubes, or out through the airbox or pod filters. Fortunately, the repair is neither difficult or expensive, so take a look at this video, and surely you will agree that you can do it yourself. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or message me.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• yamaha
• honda
• suzuki
• kawasaki
• carbs
• carburetor
• gas
• repair
• fix
• replace
• leak
• flow
• drip
• seca
• ii
• blue
• oil
• air
• airbox
• manifold
• rubber
• aluminum
• metal
• can
• you
• feel
• the
• love
• tonight

[JOEBATS1314]

Good Day Mr. Max... can u teach me how to fix motorcycle???

[mrmaxstorey]

@JOEBATS1314 Sure why not?!?

[Miralis27]

can i ask u a silly question of mine?what does a choke does?if the choke is on up position,is it ''on'' ??my bike usually leaks the fuel after somtimes especially when i cut off the engine kill switch.or when i shake the bikeit will leak sometimes before i start the engine.thats where i shake the bike up and down on the rear.whats the cause of leakage.i dont unferstand..lol

[mrmaxstorey]

@Miralis27 The choke richens the mixture of the air and gas, either by blocking off the air, adding more gas, or both. If you have fuel leaking it is probably not directly associated with the choke, probably something else

[jkrlabonte]

On my 1983 Suzuki gs550l, I have a carb leak thats really stumping me. I've replaced both needle and seats, and from looking at it, everything seems to function properly. I have yet to test or replace the floats for being poreis. But I am really stumped when the carbs sometimes do no leak at all. I THINK,,, they seem more likely to leak when its cold. Maybe the bowl gaskets?

[mrmaxstorey]

@jkrlabonte Could be, carbs leak from a lot of different places than this movie illustrates. This one really just focused on overflowing carbs, but they can leak from gaskets, fuel lines, connecting hoses, or other places. First step is figuring out from where exactly the leak is coming, next you can address it

[07sproate]

"and uh....dont do that" aahah

[mrmaxstorey]

@spelunkerd Thanks for the advice, that was on my old camera now I just use a flip cam, very easy to use but not much ability to adjust the picture.

[spelunkerd]

Nice job Max!

By the way, if your video camera is like mine, it will have variable close focus depending on the zoom. It's counterintuitive, but most zoom cameras will have better close focus limits when set to wide angle. So, if you find that it can't focus because the camera is too close, try zooming to wide angle and you will be able to hold the camera closer. Strangely, the loss you get from wide angle is less than the gain you get from ability to hold the camera closer.

Cheers.

[mrmaxstorey]

@dwidthekid Bummer man sorry to hear it, looks like there is some work in your future.