• Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Sweden - About 1988 and older

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1986 WR 400 Fuel problems

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Neil Youngblom

Husqvarna
First post. Restoring 1986 wr400 from a friend it started and ran. Took bike down to frame put back together and when I kick it gas POURS out the exhaust manifold. Took carb apart and cleaned all ports. When restoring didn't take carb apart just took throttle cable and carb off as one. Did take crankcase cover off to fix a leak. Any thoughts?? Skill level below a lot of the people on this site any help greatly appreciated.
 
The petcock is either NOT shutting off and or the carb float is stuck. This allowed the cylinder to fill with gas. See if the
petcock shuts off 1st, then gently tap the carb float bowl with a plastic end of a screwdriver to unstick float. The take the plug
out & pipe off kick the bike thru for a while, should be gas coming out. I usually let it sit over night to let the gas dry up,
& of course be careful with all the gas over everything you don't start a fire. Fairly common with old bikes.


Husky John
 
happens a fair bit. I just hold it wiiiddee open and kick like crazy. fuel off, choke off. when it fires, it shoots stale fuel everywhere so don't point the pipe at anything expensive.
 
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