Gas leaking under bike

[BC-Buck 11]

2002 Rubicon is used year round and always has good gas in it. In a bind because need for farm work and dont need down right now. Turn fuel on and full flow out bottom tube. Bike runs excellent and thinking float must be stuck open out of clear blue. What are odds pulling float clean reassemble being a fix or do I need to buy rebuild kit?

[spock 44]

I recommend you start by removing the carb from the engine, take the float bowl off and then pull the floats & clean the float valve. Usually that's all it takes since the quad hasn't been sitting unused for years. Skip buying a rebuild kit.

[jeepwm69 7,721]

Second that notion.  Take off, clean, and put an inline filter on the fuel line from the tank to carb.   If you have the original fuel line on there it might be deteriorating, with bits of it sticking the float open, so if the fuel line is original, I'd replace that too.

[BC-Buck 11]

Pulled apart and clean. Float moved freely and seems to be working fine. Floats looked like had no leaks and needle looked good. Cleaned while apart. Dont know why would have been leaking full bore but if does again will rebuild. Afraid if does it again could leave me stranded. At rate was leaking bet 30 min would drain full tank.

[jeepwm69 7,721]

16 hours ago, BC-Buck said:

Pulled apart and clean. Float moved freely and seems to be working fine. Floats looked like had no leaks and needle looked good. Cleaned while apart. Dont know why would have been leaking full bore but if does again will rebuild. Afraid if does it again could leave me stranded. At rate was leaking bet 30 min would drain full tank.

 

All it takes is a spec of dirt to get caught in the needle/seat and it will leak. 

[BC-Buck 11]

On 8/21/2024 at 11:28 AM, jeepwm69 said:

 

All it takes is a spec of dirt to get caught in the needle/seat and it will leak. 

Cleaned or more like took apart and reassembled.  Working good and keeping fingers crossed. Like fixes that dont cost much. Thanks