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coppertales · 09-02-2008

needle body is cracked/hardened, not allowing a good seal. Common on older bikes. I just pull the float valve body and smear a thin coat of Permatex copper sealant around the oring and replace the valve in the carb. I am too cheap to buy a repair kit. This works for me and the copper sealant is easy to remove once a new valve is obtained to correctly fix the problem....chris3

Forgot to mention, look down the hole where the float valve body was and clean out any crud that may be there from the fuel tank....chris3

09-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
coppertales Sit speling cheker BTK Expert Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 438	The oring around the float.. needle body is cracked/hardened, not allowing a good seal. Common on older bikes. I just pull the float valve body and smear a thin coat of Permatex copper sealant around the oring and replace the valve in the carb. I am too cheap to buy a repair kit. This works for me and the copper sealant is easy to remove once a new valve is obtained to correctly fix the problem....chris3 Forgot to mention, look down the hole where the float valve body was and clean out any crud that may be there from the fuel tank....chris3 Last edited by coppertales : 09-02-2008 at 11:26 AM. Reason: add info