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Have a 1998 kawasaki ninja 900r motor is being flooded with gas, not sure if has a fuel regulator

I have set the needle and seat an ajusted floats but stll floods, ran fuel pump straight to battery with the switch. is there a regulator or a pump to shut it off. when it runs it runs good but when slow down or kill it the carbs overload with fuel. can anyone help me with this problem. thanks

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You need to check and see if the needle and seat are working properly. As fuel enters through the needle the float will rise and force the needle into the seat and stop the flow of fuel. A poor or worn out needle and seat or a damaged (leaking or fueel soaked) float could be the problem.

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  • Posted on Apr 24, 2009

SOURCE: Carbies willn't set float level,right floods,left sets to low

I don't know if its any help but I've fixed my Honda with similar problem. It turns out I reassembled the rich carbys air cut off valve incorrectly. Have you checked yours? I'm wondering if the cut off valves somehow affect the other parts of the carbys. Mine is running sweet now.

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  • Posted on May 23, 2009

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Theres fuel starvation, the carbs are not getting required fuel in other words the float chambers doesnt get the correct amount of fuel .
Check the fuel flow from the petcock to the carburators.
Check the float pin and adjust accordingly to get the right level inthe float chamber of each carburator.
Hope this helps!

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  • Posted on Sep 29, 2009

SOURCE: Air box and crank case fuel flooding problem

Well there only one way the fuel can get into the crankcase and that's from the fuel tank. The petcock must be draining and the float needles are not stopping the fuel flow. Do you have a prime position on the petcock? If so do not run the bike in the position. Try topping the tank off with gas and letting it sit for a while and see is the gas has gone down and then check the crankcase and see if there's fuel in it again. i still say its got to be your petcock.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Mar 24, 2010

SOURCE: 1985 Kawasaki GPZ600 carby flooding engine when

sounds like the float level is set to high and it is laeking out the over flow. try adjusting float level.

Daniel Bakewell

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  • Posted on Apr 29, 2010

SOURCE: had a problem with one cylinder flooding and

jets sound like they are worn blocked or similar. you might have to clean it all again or try fuch's pro fst to clean them up. have you vacuum balanced them?

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