BMW R80 1987 Leaky Bing carburettor...
Hello helpful Kiwibikers... when I bought the bike and first filled it up, fuel leaked from the right hand carb, after taking off the float bowl and tapping the float it stopped.
Since then I (with the help of a retired mechanic) have replaced the gasket, replaced the float valve which had a groove in the rubber tip, checked the float didn't have fuel in it, and adjusted the tab that presses the valve. All seemed good, leak stopped, until today on my first long ride when after an hour I stopped for lunch and when I came back to bike fuel was p**sing out as badly as it ever had.
It seemed to be leaking from a small pipe/tube in the middle of the carb. When I turned the tap off and waited for it to empty, then turned it on again, fuel came out somewhere else, (nearer the side with the float valve).
Any ideas? Thanks in advance....
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