fuel pissing out the overflow pipe out of the carb

[Grant Casey]

ervery time i look down when i am riding there is fuel cuming out the over flow pipe on the last ride i only got like 50km to a tank
people r telling me that the floats mite be sticking a thought i would ask other 400ex riders before riping it down

thanks grant

[firefighterjosh]

Sounds like floats are stuck. Get a screw driver handle and tap the side of the carb. It might loosen it. or Your carb might just need cleaned out

[wanta450]

you have a stuck float

[zeus54]

Originally posted by Grant Casey
ervery time i look down when i am riding there is fuel cuming out the over flow pipe on the last ride i only got like 50km to a tank
people r telling me that the floats mite be sticking a thought i would ask other 400ex riders before riping it down

thanks grant


i would definitley check the float and also see if the petcock assembly is actually shutting off the fuel when when its in the "off " position if not check out the petcock.

[Mx_523]

Tap the side of your carb with a screw driver like suggested above. It that dosen't do it then clean out your carb. That should solve your problem.

[prepracing]

either the float itself is stuck or the float needle is sticking, both usually caused by trash in your carb

[GooseZ400]

like said previous tap on side might fix. happened to me and it worked. if not crap in the carb and it needs cleaned

[s10er8]

the return and vent lines could be swapped if you have a return

[DieselBoy]

fuel needle/seat worn, float sticking

[Lamont400ex]

take your carb right apart. Pull it all apart and clean it up. Use a good carb cleaner or brakecleen and just take your time making sure you got NO grit in it all. It only takes an hour or so.

[RMpower]

sounds like your carb could be cleaned, your floats are sticking, happened to a frend of mine. we took his carb apart, cleaned all the gunk out of it and it worked like new.