I know. It was a long shot. On that KLX, the fuel petcock is vacuum operated. It was weird.
Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Graham Rogers <grahamjoanrog...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 10:18:45 AM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Leaking carbs on EN500 kawasaki No, not float valve which are new. Plastic, see through tubing verifies float level in the carb bowls stays below level of carb throat opening into air box On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 10:03 AM Greg Holuban <gman...@msn.com<mailto:gman...@msn.com>> wrote: On my son's KLX 400 the worn float valve let fuel flow into the motor. Had to suck gas out through the spark plug hole to prevent hydro lock. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Greg Holuban <gman...@msn.com<mailto:gman...@msn.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:54:13 AM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Leaking carbs on EN500 kawasaki Float valve? Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com>> on behalf of Darin Hatton <darinhatt...@gmail.com<mailto:darinhatt...@gmail.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 9:47:14 AM To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Leaking carbs on EN500 kawasaki What kinda carbs? On Thu, Dec 13, 2018, 9:12 AM kiwinPA <grahamjoanrog...@gmail.com<mailto:grahamjoanrog...@gmail.com>> wrote: I completely rebuilt the twin carbs on a 1993 Kawasaki EN500 Vulcan. These are great little parallel twins with plenty of power. I replaced the Orings in the tubes between the carbs that were causing the leaks. With the carbs back on the bike I have spent the last two days trying to stop them from leaking still. I have adjusted the float levels. The leak is not coming from the float valve but I can see through the air box that it is coming out the back of the carb directly into the air box. Even with the float levels way below where they should be the carbs still leak. I can only surmise I did something wrong in putting the carbs back together. How can gas be overflowing into the air box when the level in the carb bowl stays below the level of the carb airbox throat? I have checked the float valves with the carb bowls removed. No leaking there. I can activate the floats manually and see when the gas stops flowing into the carbs. How else can the carbs be filling up with gas? People?? Graham -- 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 nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com>. Visit this group at https://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 nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<mailto:nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. 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