it leaks when the quad is off and sitting there with the fuelcock ON and when I turn it to OFF it just drains out the float bowls...I had the carb off before and the floats were sticking so I had to bend them out a tad bit and all was fine but now the problem comes back...any ideas?

 

when your floatbowls float up they open a circuit that allows fuel into the bowl. what happen to me was everytime i turn the gas on it drained out so i took it apart and realized that i put it together wrong . It's probably your needle valve that is turned upside down. all i did was flip it back over and it worked fine. do you know what a needle valve is? check out www.ronnies.com at their online microfiche and on the 1987 suzuki quadracer the needle valve is #22 on the diagram. i can't help you anymore because i think i solved your problem. your description is exactly what mine did until i put the needle valve in correctly. reply if you don't find it,or if it didn't solve your problem.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Mine does that too. My needle valve is definitely not upside down though. I think it just doesn’t seal perfectly. It could be that the needle valve has been dropped and damaged.

 

Maybe a time for a carb rebuild.
That took care of my issues along with some fresh fuel.
Do you have an in line filter? It does help keep the carb cleaner.
my 2 cents.
-RR