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Sorry this might be kinda long....
I have a 96 Savage that I purchased last summer with 1800 miles on it. Put about 1000 miles on it last summer and am now in the middle of getting it ready for this season.
Well yesterday I put the battery back in and fired it up, after some work I managed to get it going but it would only turn over for about 5-10 seconds before dying, if I let it idle it would die right away. After doing this a few times I notice a serious amount of fuel dripping down from above and in front of the carb. If I switched the fuel line to PRI the fuel would keep trickle for a time, even with the bike off.
So after seeing this I did the following:
1. Took off the fuel tank and tested all the fuel lines, all were good 2. Replaced the spark plug 3. Charged the battery 4. Put it all back together and gave it another shot
It fired right up and sounded much better than before, but then after about 20 seconds of idling the fuel leak came back. So I took it back apart and after lots of trial and error I finally found the leak, it was coming from the 2 vent hoses attached to the carb.
So I'm thinking I have a problem inside the carb, however I have no experience with carbs so I am very hesitant to open it up. So here is my question, I took the carb out today and am going to give it to a mechanic friend who will have a look at it, but I went on ebay and bought a "Stage 1 jet kit that includes a #50 Slow jet, a #150 main jet, 2 new needle spacers and 4 new allen head bolts to replace your soft phillips head vacuum lid bolts".
Is it ok for my friend to simply install these pieces in the stock carb even though I have the stock muffler? I've read a lot of posts on here about the stock carb running too lean (backfires) and am under the impression that this kit I bought will fix that problem.
Hopefully while he is in the carb he will find the source of the fuel leak as well.
Sorry if my terms are a little off here, Im very new to any mechanical work and I've only been riding a year.....
Any insight would be appreciated on the jet kit or the possible cause of the leak.
Thanks....
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