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Posted on May 18, 2009

Carb spittin out fuel when using throttle

Fuel spitting out of carb; 2003 XL883C has 32,000 miles on original carb! Air cleaner is soaked with gas! Any suggestions? Please help?

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    I have a 1997 harley that is leaking fuel but not all the time. I can not figure out where it is coming from. any suggestions

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Change the air filter they spit oil out of the breather tubes that are connected to the rocker boxes when the air filter gets dirty the air pressure lowers on the cleaner side of the carb and then the fuel wants to go to the lower pressure making it come oput of the airfilter side

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