Ok guys i just ate at a mexican restaurant and..... nah just kidding, my wife has a 01 scrammy that she just loves(4x4). And it has a small gas leak, we can smell it but cant find a dayum thing. I put it in my shop and no spots, but the gas is slowly going down. Any ideas? Has this happened to anyone? Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you..



Kamots

 

check the gas line and look at your carb make sure the bolts on the bowl are secure

 

your float in the carb may be sticking causing gas to go directly into the cylinder. not good. it will dillute the oil. check your oil level it may be rising and smell like gas. i cant remember if a scrambler is 2 or 4 stroke. this info is more for 4 stroke. but i would definately check this either way.

 

Thanx guys, great things to check. It is a 2 stroke, but i did check it, no gas smell.



Kamots

 

I had that problem on a kawi motor that was on a lawn mower i just have to shut the gas off everytime and the float doesnt get stuck i also cleaned the carb up

 

storj beat me to it. thats what i was goin to say. you can just shut the valve when its not running or just clean the carb out GOOD. if it has sat with old gas in it, this would be why your float is sticking.

 

Hmm, ok. The oil doesn't smell of gas. So how easy is it to pull the body panels off of it, so i can actually see anything..hehe.?



Kamots

 

just grab a screw driver and take the panels off make sure that you remember where the rigth screws go. dont know how hard it is because i dont have a scrambler but it shouldnt be to difficult

 

Ok so, when the 4 wheelers are put into storage the gas needs to be drained to prevent this? Would sta-bil prevent this from happening?

Kamots

 

yup. just put the sta-bil in and run it for a while to get it in the carb and then shut the gas off and let the motor run till it shuts off.