Ok so here goes....

I'm going to let these pictures speak for themselves.... I hope you're sitting down.

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I have cleaned all the sediment you see out of the bottom of the carb bowl, I used carb cleaner.... The thing is spotless man, I promise!

Put it all back together, and fuel still SEVERELY leaks from the drain tube that connects to the bottom of the bowl....

What the heck do I do now? Is it time to buy a new carb? If so, can anyone link me to some nifty aftermarket carbs for a Hawkeye? (or at least the OEM one)

Help plz =)

Thanks ahead of time!

 

Sounds like you have a bad or dirty needle and seat in the carb. Or your float is way out of adjustment. I can tell you from experience that you don't want to try and crank it with fuel in the cylinder. I had a bad needle and seat and didn't know it and tried to start my engine and it busted one of my pistons. Take your carb off and clean it with carb cleaner and compressed air. You will need to test the needle and seat. Install the float bowl. Invert the carburetor and install a Mity-Vact (PN 2870975) to the fuel inlet fitting. Apply 5 PSI pressure to inlet fitting. The needle and seat should hold pressure indefinitely. If not, inspect needle and seat and seat O-ring.

 

looks like you better change your fuel filter as well if you had that much crap in the bowl. i agree w/sportsman70003 on this as far as it has to be a bad needle/seat or float set wrong and not shutting gas off.

 

needle and seat is worn i bet!

when mine did that gas was dripping out my head pipe so i pulled the plug and the cylinder was full of gas too, i pulled it over squirting gas out till my arm got tired (my brain to i guess) and flipped the switch on with the plug out and hit the starter, it blew the gas out good till it met the spark from my grounded plug and ...POOF... polaris-ka-bob so be careful with that much gas sitting around lucky for me one omy workers was watching me and grabbed the extinguisher fast.. i knew i found my new employee of the month!

rich

 

Well, three replies stating that my needle/seat needs more investigating sounds like quality feedback. Thanks for your feedback all, I will be tearing it all apart tonite.... *sigh* It's a pain getting that thing off.

@itch... I was almost a victim of the Polaris-ka-bob this past weekend when that VERY same thing almost happened to me. Someone noticed the plug was grounded and stopped me from turning the engine over.

Let me tell you, I'm glad they did.... Fuel was shooting a good 10-15 feet out of the cylinder.

Thanks again guys, I'll post feedback after I investigate the needle/seat

 

while its out, if its that much of a pain to get to, just replace it for a piece of mind. just my .02. oh and never turn the engine over where the park plug or just the cap can get in contact w/ gas.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]