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gas leak need help i have problems

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jdb1989:
ok when i lean my bike to the left gas leaks out the over flow it doesnt do it when it is straight up. any suggestions?

DoldGuy:
Adjust your carb float level.

Hillclimb#42:
If you are leaning it over past where you can sit on the seat, it will always leak gas from the overflow. On rare occasions a carb will leak on no angle, and you can tap the bowl to get the floats to seat. If its stuck, there's debris in there holding it open.
  I have had to set the floats more than once, or I guess that would be called, reset the floats. Somehow, they do come out of adjustment, like Doldguy said. Getting them right makes a noticeable difference in engine performance. It also helps to fix some bike's warm-up traits like plug fouling, almost flooding at start-up, or being cold-natured. For me, anyway, floats are a crucial baseline.

Johnniespeed:
AS Hillclimb mentioned, debris can cause this, before making any adjustments, I would get the needle and seat perfectly clean, including the petcock screen and the fuel hose first. Then if needed make adjustments.
 Happy Riding.
 John

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