OK, my beat up F3 gives me hard time again. I recently cleaned the carbs thoroughly and replaced float valves. It didnt solve my fuel pump issue though. Anyways I rode it. Then I tried to crank it couple of days ago and fuel started pouring from my slipon like crazy (my slip on has a hole after a crash so it served good to drain the fuel LOL). What the hell is that? Did my carbs get flooded? And why. The fuel wasn't just dripping. It was pouring like crazy. I am even afraid to crank it up now. Cause there are so much fuel in the exhaust. Any ideas? Thanks.

 

Fuel running out of the exhaust generally means that your carburetors are flooding, or at least one of them. Most common cause is a stuck float. I really can't think of any other reason why that much fuel would be coming out. What year is the bike ?

 

Its 1997. I ve recently cleaned the carbs. I cleaned every passage and I even took them apart to fix the choke. The choke works better now. I also replaced float valves. Today I managed to start the bike. It worked for about 5 mins then started bogging slowly till finally stopped. I tried to crank it again but no luck. I guess carbs got flooded again. So if my carbs are clean like infants butt and valves are brand new why do they get stuck?? Should I just get a new set of carbs? Just tired to mess with mines.

 

had the same thing happen to me when i got the bike(pic below).stuck float,make sure when you clean the carbs to take out the little bullet shape thing with the rubber tip connected to the floats.

 

Thats what I actually replaced. Its called float valve or float needle. Didnt work as I see. I replaced all four of them.

 

any luck with getting it started?

 

No, no luck. I had no time to mess with it again. I can smell gasoline when I stand by the bike. The carbs are flooded again i think. I dont know what I can actually do now. Just get a new set of carbs may be....ahhh...