dualsporter Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 hi, i have a yamaha 550XT dual sport. Its an 82 but only has 5k on it. The other day i was driving on the interstate and i got a little to happy with the throttle i guess. I was going at a speed the bike was not so comfortable with. Anyhow, i began to feel gas leaking on my legs. I exited and quickly pulled off. The fuel line that goes into the carbs had blown off. The bike turned off once i stoped, i believe because it was flooding the carbs. So i put the fuel line back onto nipple leading into the carbs. But now when i turn the gas on a lot of fuel comes out of the fuel emission tube,(you know the tube that is just hangin down under the bike). It just keeps coming out at a steady stream of gas. At first i thought that the carbs are just really flooded and needed to drain, but how long should they drain? I feel like the gas is just coming from the tank. Any ideas or comments? Thanks - IAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spokexx Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Hey It sounds like your float valve (that brass short thing with a pointed rubber tip on it) inside the carb isnt closing all the way. I suggest getting a new one from ...maybe Bike Bandit and checking your float height also. Or maybe the hinge on the float is getting stuck and not letting the valve close all the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dualsporter Posted June 14, 2008 Author Share Posted June 14, 2008 Hey It sounds like your float valve (that brass short thing with a pointed rubber tip on it) inside the carb isnt closing all the way. I suggest getting a new one from ...maybe Bike Bandit and checking your float height also. Or maybe the hinge on the float is getting stuck and not letting the valve close all the way. Thanks spokexx, I have been taking the float bowl off and adusting the floats. I got it so that it will idle with the choke all the way on. But then i will try to give it some gas and it wants to shut off and conk out. It feels like i am working with a space of a couple of milimeters when adjusting the floats. I have toggled with the floats again and now i am back to where i started with gas coming threw the overflow hose. BUt i think you may be right in getting a new float valve. That may solve the problem all together. But i don't know maybe i just need to find the sweet spot in bending the float bracket. Damn its frustrating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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