Carb Leak

BackRoadBruce · Post by **BackRoadBruce** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:42 pm

I've pulled the carb bank from my 1982 CBX. I bench tested the carbs to make sure they were all holding their "water". I get a slight drip from the #1 carb via the overflow tube. Is the float or an obstruction to the valve controlled by the float the most likely source of this problem?

P.S. - All I know about carburetors is that its something they put in fancy bottled water over in Europe.

Mike Nixon · Post by **Mike Nixon** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 12:25 pm

Bruce -- A sticking float, whether through fuel gum or debris in the fuel, is fairly common. Try a couple of raps on the bowl with the wooden handle end of a hammer, and see if the overflow stops due to dislodging the speck of debris. If not, then cleaning and inspection is in order. At the very least, see if the float levels are correct. :)

BackRoadBruce · Post by **BackRoadBruce** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:27 am

Thank Mike. The carbs are off and I've cleaned up the exteriors. I'll pull the float bowls next weekend and see what's in there.

HondaJohn · Post by **HondaJohn** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:04 pm

Florence, CO? Must be a prison guard. Don't think they allow prisoners to have CBX's. I toured one of the prisons (not the bad one) with my son in law and it was pretty scary seeing all these bad guys. Carbs are a pain in the butt. I am doing my 81s now. I think I prefer the 79s.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:33 pm

HondaJohn wrote:Florence, CO? Must be a prison guard. Don't think they allow prisoners to have CBX's. I toured one of the prisons (not the bad one) with my son in law and it was pretty scary seeing all these bad guys. Carbs are a pain in the butt. I am doing my 81s now. I think I prefer the 79s.

Florence is where "SuperMax" is located. The worst of the worst are there.

I currently have 3 X's. 18 carbs to clean, maintain and synch. Gotta like pain a little to be an X owner. :)

cbxtacy · Post by **cbxtacy** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:48 pm

Lucky dog, I got 5 CBX's with 25 carbs to clean.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 9:56 pm

cbxtacy wrote:Lucky dog, I got 5 CBX's with 25 carbs to clean.

That is bad news to have 1 carb missing from each X. :)

Terry · Post by **Terry** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 10:13 pm

Rithmetic never was his friend...

Jeff Bennetts · Post by **Jeff Bennetts** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:33 am

Another source for a small leak can be a cracked overflow tube in the bowl.

jeff

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 11:27 am

Jeff Bennetts wrote:Another source for a small leak can be a cracked overflow tube in the bowl.

jeff

I had that happen. That was one of my most frustrating things to diagnose and fix. I couldn't figure out how the overflow tube could crack but it did. Looked at everything else over and over before by process of elimination, I found out it was the tube.

Rick Pope · Post by **Rick Pope** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:26 pm

"Rithmetic never was his friend... "

There's three kinds of people......those who can count, and those who can't.

alimey4u2 · Post by **alimey4u2** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:14 am

Rick Pope wrote:"Rithmetic never was his friend... "

There's three kinds of people......those who can count, and those who can't.

dan1995 · Post by **dan1995** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 10:56 am

i belive he has 4 regulars and 1 turbo the math works out to 4 x 6 =24 +1(for the turbo) = 25

EMS · Post by **EMS** » Wed Jan 10, 2007 11:56 am

dan1995 wrote:i belive he has 4 regulars and 1 turbo the math works out to 4 x 6 =24 +1(for the turbo) = 25

No true

George runs only 5 carbs per bike, so the others have a chance to keep up with him

He was tired of waiting for everyone to catch up when he rides in a group

BackRoadBruce · Post by **BackRoadBruce** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:30 pm

Better late than never. I rebuilt the carbs, which resolved the drip. Mostly likely dirt was the cause.

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