KZ Carb is always overflowing

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    • August 17, 2013 at 6:19 am #7321
      Sebastien
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      I have a problem with my carb, and I can’t seem to find the problem. Last week I had a race, and I spent almost all day to find the correct setup. One didn’t make the kart start at all, the other one started but stuttered  until i reached 10 000 rpm and couldn’t reach more than 13 500rpm.

      The last setup I did before the race was SPOT ON… but when I was racing, one of the racer I passed during the race told me that my Carb was overflowing like crazy from the 2 little vents on each side of my VHSB30 Carb. And i does it all the time, from stand still to WOT.

      Now, I have clean every passages in the carb before and made sure every part was clean before racing, so WHY is the fuel going out from there all the time?

      Can you explain and help me with this? Is my carb broken?

    • August 17, 2013 at 6:25 am #7323
      Chris Beebe
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      I would look into your needle and seat and your float operation.

       

    • August 18, 2013 at 4:04 pm #7379
      Thomas Barth
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      Sabastien,

       

      How are your fuel pump hoses routed to carb?

    • August 19, 2013 at 4:35 am #7423
      Sebastien
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      Thomas Barth wrote:

      Sabastien, How are your fuel pump hoses routed to carb?

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      Well, right now I have a Dellorto Square Pump. One inlet, one out toward the fuel filter and the carb, and one for the pulse…

      That engine used to have a Mikuni round pump on it with dual Outputs, so I guess on returns to the fuel tank.

       

    • August 19, 2013 at 5:07 am #7424
      Paul Makarucha
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      1) Are the vents routed up over the carb?
      2) Do you have a return line to the tank?
      3) Is the tank vented?
      4) Can you post pictures of your current setup?
      5) Why did you replace the round pump with the square one?

      Sounds like you don’t have a return to the tank…

    • August 19, 2013 at 5:34 am #7426
      James McMahon
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      <span style=”color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 21px; background-color: #efefef;”>”1) Are the vents routed up over the carb?”</span>

      ^ This……
      There should be a tube going from the vents at the bowl to the top of the carb, otherwise it will spew fuel and that would be pretty normal.

    • August 20, 2013 at 4:25 pm #7604
      Thomas Barth
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      My guess is that you need a return line between pump and carb back to tank.

    • August 21, 2013 at 4:53 am #7653
      Brian Degulis
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      If it’s doing it at a stand still it’s either your float level or your float needle and seat or possibly a punctured float. With the Dellorto pump you don’t use a return line. It’s possible that your old set up with the Mikini pump and return line was  covering up a carb problem you had all along.

       

      Brian

    • August 28, 2013 at 5:23 pm #8342
      Thomas Barth
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      Brian,

       

      Do you have a vent hose installed on the vent tubes. You can run a tube from one vent up and over carb top, down to other tube. Put breather slit in hose at top.

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