Honda Elite Sb50p Carb Issues

[newtoit]

My elite died yesterday as i pulled in the drive. I took it apart today and my carb came loose off the manifold. I lost the bolts and didnt have any spares so i tapped the one hole and put a bolt in it, got it started and it ran just fine. I shut it off and noticed some gas leaking. On the backside of the carb there is a small brass pipe hanging vertically and gas was coming out of it like a horse taking a leak. I aussme its the float over flow? I use it as a daily driver and am currently saving for my first car so i dont have extra money to be dumping into this thing. Any suggestions on how to stop this leaking would greatly help. Thank you

[Pete M]

Your needle valve is stuck open and the fuel is comming out of the vent. Remove the bowl and clean the needle valve and check for proper fuel level.

[newtoit]

I i cleaned the whole carb and everything. How do i check proper fuel level?

[swflcarl]

Listen to Pete... he knows. The float has a rubber top needle pin that stops the fuel from overflowing the carb. Take a look your assembly job, and polish the seat where the rubber tip goes.

You can 'chuck-up a q-tip with polishing compound and clean the seat.

Best of Luck.

[Pete M]

http://hondaspree.net/wiki/index.php5?t ... ture_Guide

http://hondaspree.net/wiki/index.php5?t ... r_Cleaning

http://hondaspree.net/wiki/index.php5?t ... ts_-_Spree

Hope this helps.