Dam petcock

[Rickrod3]

small amount of gas in air cleaner?

This past winter I replaced the parts in the petcock and replaced the floats, and float valves.

As you know from this thread they over flowed to the point I noticed some gas leaking from the air cleaner.

I have been checking my petcocks by leaving the gas pipes off the petcock and they seem to be holding.

I pulled the carbs and cleaned out some debris that I may have missed when cleaning this winter (bear in mind the bike sat for a long time till about a month ago)
when I flip the carbs over and blow into the pipes they seem to shut off.
I'm not noticing flooded condition at start up something I noticed prior to the overflow leak but I noticed a small amount of gas in the air cleaner maybe less than an ounce.
could that happen from normal riding or is there still a problem?

TIA
Rick

[3Phase]

... I noticed a small amount of gas in the air cleaner maybe less than an ounce. could that happen from normal riding or is there still a problem?

Rick, clean up the air box then go for a ride. When you get back, pull out the lower half of the air box.

If there's gas in the lower half after the ride, the floats could be set a little too high or the engine is blowing fuel/air back into the air box.

If there's no gas in the lower half and it's not dripping as you watch, the fuel may be leaking out after it expands from the post-ride heat soak. Put a pan with some kitty litter under the upper half of the air box, go have a beer and check the pan later to see if there's any gas in it. If there isn't much gas or just traces left where it evaporated you might be able to tell which carburetor is leaking.


Regards,

Scott