gas leak?

i woke up to the smell of gas in the whole house.. went downstairs and no1 was home n it smelled so bad i was gunna puke. so i open the door to the garage n theres my bike with a huge puddle of gas under it. i go out there and turn the gas off. (even tho all the gas in my tank was on the floor) n then i open the garage door n all the house doors to air it out. and now the bikes outside and i dont kno why it leaked. i checked to make sure the carb was on right and it was a lil off, but not enuf to make gas leak like crazy...

any ideas? i dont kno were to start!!

Stuck float.

One time I wiped my 96KX250 out so bad at the dunes I pushed my FMF
Fatty into the gas tank and it burnt a hole in the plastic fuel cell.

I let it cool off (thank God there wasn't a fire "down there").

I took it back to our pit and shaved some strips off of a bar of IrishSpring soap and pressed the shavings into the hole. I rode that bike for 6 more months without it leaking a drop.

Always carry a bar of soap in your gear bag and offroad vehicle tool kits.

It's an old pilot trick.

^^ how does that help me?

Just a story.

Anyways, I'm guessing stuck or not adjusted correctly float.

Somewhere in the carb, maby a cracked fuel line of the petcock seal went.

was it leaning over AT ALL?like just a tiny bit?ive seen bikes lay completely on theri sides and not drip a drop,and ive seen bikes JUST BARELY be leaning(like as if they were on the triangle) and leak like crazey

Stuck float. My bike does it occasionally. Tap the float bowl of the carb with the rubber end of a screwdriver and it will unstick it usually.

ight, thanks guys.

Put some gas in it and see where its coming from. Then pull your carb and clean it.

Goatours wrote:

One time I wiped my 96KX250 out so bad at the dunes I pushed my FMF
Fatty into the gas tank and it burnt a hole in the plastic fuel cell.

I let it cool off (thank God there wasn't a fire "down there").

I took it back to our pit and shaved some strips off of a bar of IrishSpring soap and pressed the shavings into the hole. I rode that bike for 6 more months without it leaking a drop.

Always carry a bar of soap in your gear bag and offroad vehicle tool kits.

It's an old pilot trick.

Interesting. Except i'm allergic to Irish Spring soap. The stuff gives me hives.

lol bullwinkle, does every soap do that?

LMAO!! Yeah. I only shower with water. If you stink, all you gotta do is put on deodorant....it's a shower in a container!

axe...the shower for people to lazy to use deordant(and take a shower)

(i use axe)

I tried Axe, but it doesn't work on the females like the commercials show, so in the trash it went. Heck, Speed Stick works the same AND it makes me a faster rider.