Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

[DJD775]

I have a 2002 25hp Johnson and every time I tilt the engine gas spills out of the throat of the carb. It leaves a small puddle of gas inside the hood after every tilt. Is this normal?

 

[R.Johnson]

Re: Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

No! sounds like the float may be set a little to high. This is not uncommon when the engine is tilted up when trailering, but should not leak when tilted up when fishing, or beaching.

 

[Kenneth Duke]

Re: Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

Some models have a hose at the bottom of the air box to the manifold to fix this problem. It's called a reclaim system.

 

[Johnnielund]

Re: Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

I have a 1990 30 hp Johnson, bought in 2001. I spoke with OMC (Bombardier) tech support and they told me this was normal for my engine. I didn't want to hear that answer. Sure wish there was a fix for this. Don't know if it's the float level, because I rebuilt my carb and set the float a little lower, but that didn't seem to help. I'm gonna keep watching this thread to see if anybody else has any ideas.

 

[DJD775]

Re: Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

I've had the carb apart on my engine a the float level is fine. Had the engine in for service and they seem to think it is normal too.

 

[agitator]

Re: Fuel leaking out of Carb when tilted

Unplug your fuel hose before tilting and spilling will be minimal. When left connected in the sun pressure will build and make a mess.