Good morning, Folks,
On my 1983 Heritage Special I have what seems to me to be an unusual fuel leak. It isn't running too well either.
When I say not running well, I mean it starts but sometimes get a racing idle, sometimes it stalls.
So basically I have two questions:
(See photo)1. if fuel is coming out of the bottom under the generator assembly, where the heck is it coming from? I have studied the carbs under excellent lighting and its not the usual backflow out the air cleaners like when a float is stuck. 2. If my petcock rebuild isn't right can that be my problem? I need to search later on here to find a picture of how that plastic block orients in the assembly. That might be wrong (there are two ways it will reassemble and not leak) and I'm thinking there's a potential fuel and vacuum issue right there. But I'm baffled how the fuel leak is where it is.
It's a pretty steady drip, but after a while it stops. Can I run the bike with that side cover off? Should be OK right? Obviously I can't shift gears but I'm just thinking on the center stand to get it dripping gas real good.
Thank you all - have a great Sunday.
On my 1983 Heritage Special I have what seems to me to be an unusual fuel leak. It isn't running too well either.
When I say not running well, I mean it starts but sometimes get a racing idle, sometimes it stalls.
So basically I have two questions:
(See photo)1. if fuel is coming out of the bottom under the generator assembly, where the heck is it coming from? I have studied the carbs under excellent lighting and its not the usual backflow out the air cleaners like when a float is stuck. 2. If my petcock rebuild isn't right can that be my problem? I need to search later on here to find a picture of how that plastic block orients in the assembly. That might be wrong (there are two ways it will reassemble and not leak) and I'm thinking there's a potential fuel and vacuum issue right there. But I'm baffled how the fuel leak is where it is.
It's a pretty steady drip, but after a while it stops. Can I run the bike with that side cover off? Should be OK right? Obviously I can't shift gears but I'm just thinking on the center stand to get it dripping gas real good.
Thank you all - have a great Sunday.
