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Message started by savagerider87 on 04/09/14 at 09:26:52

Title: Stuck carb needle?
Post by savagerider87 on 04/09/14 at 09:26:52

My bike is pouring gas out of the carb vent tubes. Tried to start it yesterday and it was flooded... Is the needle the culprit? (I have gutted the stock petcock.)

Title: Re: Stuck carb needle?
Post by curmudgeon on 04/09/14 at 09:57:43

I had that exact thing happen to me, and it was a stuck needle.

I've heard where others were able to get it to function correctly again by tapping on the carb body or bowl, but that didn't work for me. I did a teardown and re-seated the needle. Problem solved.

Title: Re: Stuck carb needle?
Post by verslagen1 on 04/09/14 at 09:59:33

You replaced it with a raptor or could you be more specific?

You either have a stuck float or a bad float valve (sometimes referred to as a needle... but not really)

give the carb bowl a rap with a plastic handled screwdriver for immediate rectification, or you may need to go in there and find out what it is.

Title: Re: Stuck carb needle?
Post by savagerider87 on 04/09/14 at 10:10:44

382B3C3D222F292B207F4E0 wrote:

Versy, it has the stock petcock, I had a leak in the vacuum port (leaking fuel into the vac port) last summer I blocked the vac port and removed the diaphragm. I replaced it with a piece of plastic so it wouldn't leak, rode the rest of the summer that way with no issues. What's the part# for the raptor?

Title: Re: Stuck carb needle?
Post by verslagen1 on 04/09/14 at 10:25:26

253720373133243F3233246E61560 wrote:

it's in the tech section and there's links in the newb primers in the stickies.