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Old 05-22-2009, 09:19 PM
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Default 1982 550 ltd

My bike got knocked over, and since then i have noticed that if i leave it sitting at random times that it will just start to spit gas out of my carborators every few minutes. Its made some huge puddles in my garage. I did get the carbs syncronized but is there anything i can do before i throw down the money to get it taken apart to adjust the valves? I need to do it anyway but i had hoped to pro long it at least a few more weeks.
 
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Old 05-23-2009, 03:58 AM
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Welcome to KF. Were the floats adjusted prior to the synchronization?? Sounds like you have a stuck float and seat. Get that checked out quickly because raw fuel hydrolocking a piston would not be pretty as well as washing the cylinder walls. Good luck
 
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Old 05-26-2009, 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragone#19
Welcome to KF. Were the floats adjusted prior to the synchronization?? Sounds like you have a stuck float and seat. Get that checked out quickly because raw fuel hydrolocking a piston would not be pretty as well as washing the cylinder walls. Good luck

+1 , it does sound like a stuck float. I would try tapping the carbs with a screw driver and hammer. Soft tapping, dont beat it to death, to see if this unsticks the float.
 
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