carb problem

[wdneff]

My 05 RSTD has been running rough the last two times I used it for the first few miles and yesterday when I started it one of the carb. must have a stuck float. It was running fuel out of the blow by hose. Has anyone else had problems with this or the new fuel with alcohol?

Thanks Bill

[Condor]

My 05 RSTD has been running rough the last two times I used it for the first few miles and yesterday when I started it one of the carb. must have a stuck float. It was running fuel out of the blow by hose. Has anyone else had problems with this or the new fuel with alcohol?

Thanks Bill

Bill- You might try tapping on the bowl with a light hammer to see if the valve frees up, or if that doesn't work try pulling the fuel line and running some Sea Foam directly into the bowl and let it sit over night. I don't know your rigging habits, but if the scoot sits for long enough periods of time where the fuel evaporates out of the bowl it could leave enough residue on the needle to cause it to stick.?? -Jack

[moritz1]

Bill

I had the same problem in the spring. One of the needle valves or do they call them pins was stuck in the open position so when I started the bike the gas would come out of the bypass tube. The dealer replaced it with a stainless steel pin. They only do this once under warranty so try to get them to replace all 4 pins while they have the carbs apart.

[Yammer Dan]

Jack is right. Time for a Sea-Foam soak. Or at least run the tank low and dump in a whole can and run it thriough it and leave it sit overnight with the strong mixture in the carbs.

[Sailor]

When I put mine to bed for the winter I put in a full tank of fuel, add stabilizer, fire it up and shut off the fuel. I run it until it runs out of gas and the carbs are empty. Never had any problems in the spring.

[Yammer Dan]

I leave mine full with Sta- Built and Sea-Foam in them and start it as often as possible. Clean carbs to start the Spring with!!!