Re: Intermittent carb leak

Posted by Warble Jones on Oct 07, 2018; 6:03pm
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Intermittent-carb-leak-tp4063771p4063773.html

I just picked one up this week, but other work prevents me from installing it yet.  Yes, it has the non adjustable plastic floats, they aren't touching anything and if I manually move them with the bowl off, they feel like they move freely and stop the gas perfectly without having to compress the needle spring.  I will be draining, filtering and refilling the gas tank and carbs a few times in the next day or so.

I was worried that the floats themselves may have developed a crack and not moved properly, but they are intact, filling the bowl when it is off and moving it up to the bottom of the carb and the floats all move with it.  I have had to clear debris off the tips a few times already and with how dirty the gas gets in the bowl is what leads me to think that it is just a case of dirty gas.  I just wanted to cover all the possibilities before I wasted money on parts I don't need.