I disagree since the OP said it leaks when trying to start it, and the vacuum petcock prevents fuel from flowing out of the tank when the engine is not running. I've never seen or heard of a bike with leaky o-rings on the fuel rail if it has had gas in it. Sure they will leak if the carbs have been sitting dry because the o-rings will shrink, but that goes away after a day of sitting with fuel in them. Also they will often leak if you split the rack. But not running one day and leaking the next for no reason. A float can get stuck any time if you have grit getting past the tank filter, rust dust can be small enough.
Allen Thomas On Dec 22, 2014 11:01 AM, "EGrider" <[email protected]> wrote: > I dunno, but times I've had a stuck float the bike just kept dumping gas > whether is was running or not, as gravity does not need the help of an > engine to pull gasoline from the tank down to the carbs and out the > overflow. Sounds like Tommy is right about it being the gas supply tube > that connects the carbs. The o-rings might need to be replaced. If anybody > knows a good source of them, I'd like to know, too. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
