Savage_Greg wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:So you still think this is a float problem too? So do I, but since he has checked the float, it has me wondering.
Still, there is really only one reason for an overflowing carb.
Thanks for the quote tip!
I'm with you - if the diaphragm is not leaking fuel to the intake, there's only one other way for the fuel to get in.
I had checked my float, too, several times. I even took the float bowl off, turned on the gas, and worked the float to see where the fuel actually stopped coming out. I watched the float valve cut off fuel flow at about horizontal. Of course there were still drips, but I thought that was from all the parts being wet with fuel.
When I played with the float level and it finally stopped flooding at an unreasonable float height, that got me thinking the spring was not strong enough anymore to adequately close off the flow against the vibration with the bike running. Replacing it made the problem go away.
I would have lost money betting the Suzuki float valve was good.
You know what that frustration is like, I know everybody's been there. I thought I was an educated guy. I'm a physicist by education and engineer by trade. I've been working on old cars for years. I would have lost money betting the Suzuki float valve was good.
The more I learn, the more I don't know.