Oil coming out of breather box

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Old 05-17-2010, 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragone#19
bad seats in the carbs will cause this. Take care of this cheap repair now before you hydrolock an engine and wash all oil away from the cylinders and bearings in the case. A good mechanic should probably have it back to you for under two hrs.
Bad seats or does my floats need to be adjusted? How would you determine that?

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Are you sure its actually fuel and not water or something else. There is no good way to get fuel in the oil. If you have a dead piston it could come through the piston rings on a flooded cylinder or through the valve seals. You might be in over your head on this one.
I'm a 100% sure because of the stain of fuel that was on the breather box coming from that particular carb. It makes sense because if it overflows that carb bowl it'll flow right into that breather box then straight into the crankcase where the oil is. Water don't smell like gas.
 
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Old 05-17-2010, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by marioc89
Bad seats or does my floats need to be adjusted? How would you determine that?
Do both, cant hurt and wont cost much
 
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Old 05-18-2010, 02:28 AM
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I fixed it guys!:smile I adjusted the float level and changed the oil and filter and it's running great with no leaks. Thanks everyone on here for your help and suggestions...y'all rock!
 
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Old 05-18-2010, 04:47 AM
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Woohoo! Grats on the fix.
 
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Old 05-18-2010, 07:02 PM
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Not so fast Prom. I rode it yesterday after I finished with it and it was great. Then after letting it sit over night, it leaked again. I think at this point I have to changed the float needles, in all of them. Your thoughts.
 
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Old 05-18-2010, 10:01 PM
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If you have to set one float needle, might as well set them all while your in there.
 
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Old 05-19-2010, 03:46 AM
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Yea...I was thinking the same.
 
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Old 05-19-2010, 04:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Dragone#19
bad seats in the carbs will cause this. Take care of this cheap repair now before you hydrolock an engine and wash all oil away from the cylinders and bearings in the case. A good mechanic should probably have it back to you for under two hrs.

I thought that seats were mentioned.
 
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