cello Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago I'm having a mare of a time trying to get the carb to stop *issing out petrol that ultimately causes blk oil to leak out of the exhausat header when kicking the bike over! Let me explain the bike was running ok until I switched over to reserve one day , after a few minutes of running it cut out and has not run properly ever since, I thought there was crap in the carb so refuled the bike and clesaned the carb out , a thousand kicks later still no good so cleaned the carb again and then a while later drained some fuel and even with tha fuel filter there was debris in the sample. I traced this back to a damaged fuel filter so replaced it and clenaed carb again abut still no luck , the bike feels like its binding a bit when i kick it over but still get blak crap out of the header. I cleaned the carb and set the float height and also had the choke to pieces but still it does not fire up , cleaned and checked the plug and still nothing. Weeks later I'm wondering if the floatr height is the issue as looking on the net there seems to be conflicting advice on float height , some say 15mm some say 20mm , some say level tangs with float tangs , I'm confused now and wonder if someone with a working techno on a mikuni carb with plastic floats that slide up and down on pins can give me some advice on how to best set the float height please. I like the techno but now this bike is like the Tardis and i'm losing time not getting anywhere. The carb is now off the bike and I can add photos to check the float setting when I've adjusted it correctly just to confirm. TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemur Posted 34 minutes ago Report Share Posted 34 minutes ago Does it make any difference if you raise or lower the front wheel considerably? That is a tell if the float height is off. for example: it bogs out every time the front wheel is down in a hole, float height is likely off. Inspect the reed valves might also be advised, if there is fuel leak down past the reed valves they must not be sealing very well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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