Leaking gas between the cylinders

[qdude]

Bike is leaking gas and it drains down onto the crankcase breather onto the left side clutch cover to the ground. I checked the plugs and the right front was gas fouled. Changed all the plugs and it seems like a new bike, quit backfiring also. I checked gas tank... no rust visible. Did the seafoam 25% of can in 3 different tanks of gas still have 25% left...man that is expensive stuff. Drained carbs and it was impossible to see what came out. These measures didn't stop the leak. I haven't taken the tank clear off and tapped the floats yet.

Took it to a shop months ago and $300 later I have new jets and a replaced fuse for my light bar, I explained the problems and I asked to have the floats checked but I got new jets and a fuse. One jet was corrosion green so I don't feel completely bad, but I left the shop with the same problem, the undiscovered bad plug, and the backfiring also.

This was the good metric shop in St Joseph, the others are even worse.

This is a metropolitan area of 85,000, you would think there would be one good shop here, but noooooo.

If I owned a Harley I would have 3 good service options, metric ...3 very bad service options.

I still suspect the float was not set correctly or was stuck when I purchased the bike, a 2004 Midnight. It was a repossession and probably sat for many months. Any suggestions, I dread the thought of trying to take the carburetor apart to set the floats, never have done that before. Changing the the buried plugs took me 3 hours so a carburetor would be 2 day job for me, and my not so flexible back.

Any other suggestions?

[Snaggletooth]

From what you said, that they had been into the carbs to do jets.....I'm thinking maybe they didn't get a bowl gasket back on right, or knicked one.

 

My made a mess that way when I tried to reuse an old bowl gasket the first time around. I'm not familier with the 2nd gens but I'd be looking at the fuel line connections first off.

 

If it was a float problem and it's sticking it should be draining out though the overflow lines to drain back in front of the rear tire. And perhaps it could be that they didn't get an overflow line back on the carb nipple right if it is a float issue.

 

But if you can get enough room and light up there to look at the carb bodies and they are wet around the bottom, you probably have a leaking seal on the bowls.

 

Back to the shop with a stick if it is.

 

 

Just my thoughts,

 

Mike