Got a '94 voyager pretty cool bike but looks a tad abused but no problem we have 9 months of winter here in Minnesota. I have a sticking whatever in float, leaks gas bad, b4 that I had lost the gas cap UGH! So I took a Fernco rubber cap and made it to fit as gas cap until my tech ordered a new one, then I took a 1/4" hose and placed it on the overflow nipple and rerouted it to the rubber cap in which I cut a hole to allow for the tank to breath and the hose to spit the gas back in the tank. Laughing I am it worked well. I got my new gas cap but gonna wait until the seafoam trick might work otherwise I will cap off the overflow nipple and put gas cap back on and figure out how to fix the problem.
Any way I am new to this bike, I knew how to on all my other bikes but they never had a fairing or new thingies on it they were simple.
Ok if the fuel is leaking does this mean a needle is stuck? Someone mentioned seafoam ok how many times?
If that doesn't work is there a area where we can learn to take apart all this and make it right without spending hundreds at a mechanic?
I can use all the info you can give me, thanks all
Question about fuel gauge
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Re: Question about fuel gauge
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Don't forget to change out the fuel filter as possibly some crud is getting through to the float needle valves. The other place the carbs leak is the o-ring between the body and float chamber halves of the carb. This leak doesn't flow out the small tubing on the bottom of the float chamber but rather runs around the horizontal joint between the 2 halves and drips onto the top of the engine from the bottom of the carburetor.
Go to the Tech Section window at the Home Page of this forum and open the Dollar for Dollar selection for a filter substitute number. I have found the John Deere to be a very close equivalent to the original.
Dave
Don't forget to change out the fuel filter as possibly some crud is getting through to the float needle valves. The other place the carbs leak is the o-ring between the body and float chamber halves of the carb. This leak doesn't flow out the small tubing on the bottom of the float chamber but rather runs around the horizontal joint between the 2 halves and drips onto the top of the engine from the bottom of the carburetor.
Go to the Tech Section window at the Home Page of this forum and open the Dollar for Dollar selection for a filter substitute number. I have found the John Deere to be a very close equivalent to the original.
Dave