Faulty Fuel Valve

gman75 · Post by **gman75** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:27 pm

My auto-fuel valve is stuck in the open position... so there is gas in the lines even when the scooter is off. Will this affect performance? I am tuning the carb and seem to be running rich all the time.

85stroka · Post by **85stroka** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 1:34 pm

It will flood the carb and cause it to over flow.

hrnytrtlsgsxr · Post by **hrnytrtlsgsxr** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:51 pm

some people run gravity feed. But yours is unlike a 28 which you set set the float properly to sut off fuel coming in to the carb.

Post by **noiseguy** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:56 pm

It *may* flood the carb and dump gas on the ground if your float shutoff quits working, but it would do that anyway. You have 3 options:

1) buy a new one, new or used
2) install a lawnmower-type manual shutoff
3) leave it alone

For #3, if you ride seasonally you should plug the carb line and drain the carb b/f storage.