Could possibly be a hole in one of the floatsI hear that but it’s the same problem I had before the rebuild. Just don’t want to cause any damage to internal metal by running thinned out oil. To me I just smell the gas but the oil doesn’t really look to thin. Wondering If I should put a bandaid on the problemm for now and run a heavier oil just incase there is gas getting in some how. Maybe 20w-40. Either that or I can get a different petcock. During the rebuild I had the tank off with the petcock still attached to the tank in the off position and it never leaked.
Oil smells like gasoline….still
Hey all. I’m currently finishing up the clutch on the 450. The oil still smells like gas. I haven’t even rode the bike and the fresh oil smells like gas. It’s just been idling and moving it around here and there with it running.
I smell the inside of the engine from the area where the balance chain is with the clutch cover off and it smells like gas 😡😡. When the bike was apart I polished the float seats in the carbs but I guess that didn’t work. Are my float needles the culprit of this? I am still using the original petcock that only draws fuel in from the tank with vacuum from the engine. That isn’t leaking fuel when the bike is off. I really don’t know what else it could be. I’m literally sitting next the oil I drained out of the engine along with the bike with the cover off and it is just giving off fumes of gas. I don’t even want to put oil in the bike and just contaminate new fresh oil at this point but I also want to see if the clutch will work correctly.
Any things to look for or check? Thanks
I smell the inside of the engine from the area where the balance chain is with the clutch cover off and it smells like gas 😡😡. When the bike was apart I polished the float seats in the carbs but I guess that didn’t work. Are my float needles the culprit of this? I am still using the original petcock that only draws fuel in from the tank with vacuum from the engine. That isn’t leaking fuel when the bike is off. I really don’t know what else it could be. I’m literally sitting next the oil I drained out of the engine along with the bike with the cover off and it is just giving off fumes of gas. I don’t even want to put oil in the bike and just contaminate new fresh oil at this point but I also want to see if the clutch will work correctly.
Any things to look for or check? Thanks
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