Bad luck - NOW SOLD

[RhynoCZ]

Today a buyer came to see my NC27 I'm selling at the moment. He said the bike looked great and he was really into it. Then I found out, there's lots of fuel on the engine and it trickled down to the ground, I was about to sell it for 950GBP, now I've got to fix it or drop the price a bit

I mean, what the hell is going on, I've never had this problem and now I have it the same day a buyer comes. Lots of work has been done on the bike and now this

I know this should be in other section, but does anyone know, what should I do, to fix it? Any experiences with the same problem?

Here's a blurry photo with bad light of the place where it makes a puddle, : https://imageshack.us/a/img818/9562/leaking.jpg
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[sidewinder]

had this on a mini with twin webers .turned out a float in the carb was stuck

[RhynoCZ]

That's gonna be fun, I might be cursed

Is there anything that could cause this or is it just a coincidence?
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[Nexus Icon]

Almost every bike and car I've ever sold has developed some sort of fault just after someone has arranged to come and see it.

I think it's some sort of universal law.

If it is a stuck float, before you start stripping it all apart, try a couple of light taps on the carb body with something like a screwdriver handle and it might unstick it. It's definitely worth a try.
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[RhynoCZ]

Thanks, that's what I wanted to hear. I always like to chose non-invasive method before I start taking it apart.

If that won't work, then I hope it'll be a easy job, last time I tried to pull out the carbs, it didn't move at all. My mate says he's gonna spray it with WD40 and then pull it out like nothing, I'm quite curious.

By the way, the buyer is a total beginer with no licence yet and he wants a realiable bike which wouldn't need any special care. I don't know how about in the UK, but here when you buy a 23yrs old bike for that kind of money, you don't ask questions about reliability. He looked like a bloke who's gonna give me the bike back the moment something's gonna break.

Well, will see, thanks for now lads.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[BravoCharlie]

[skatefreak]

Bought a 98 CBR 600 f3 for 500 notes,
paint work in a state due to half done re-spray job but the bike, mechanically in superb condition! Practically new disks and pads, chain, sprockets etc.
Just need to paint it now :p

-Jvr

[Knacker]

Bit off topic but I remember when I arranged to meet my now fiancee to go out for a ride (On the bike) the bastard thing wouldn't start never knew what the problem was it hadn't done it before and hasn't done it since and that was 4 years ago.
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Current: Gsxr 600 Srad - GS125 - DT125
Previous: K1 GSXR 1000

[RhynoCZ]

Well, today my mate took a look at the bike and he found out there was some red engine sealant material between the 3rd. carburetor and its bowl. He said it was quite creamy and went of the bowl with no extra effort. I think the fuel ''ate'' a hole in it and that's what caused the leakage. All four carburetors are clean and floats work like brand new. The previous owner seems to be an engineer

So, new seal it is.

Some photos: https://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/RhynoCZ/Image0746_zps5ccc6660.jpg
https://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/RhynoCZ/Image0745_zps05f92074.jpg

Who the hell would do that?
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[TUG]

I did that once as a noob, then my pilot jet got blocked by a bead of the stuff, never did that again!
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[sidewinder]

Result shouldn't cost to much to fix

[RhynoCZ]

Yes, no problem with that.

I hate people who think that it's normal to just spread any sealant material all over the place and act like nothing. I'd punch everyone, who has ever done that, with my motorcycle glove
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[sidewinder]

Funny thing is the gaskets probably cheaper than the sealant

[RhynoCZ]

[N cee thirty]

when at college we had a tutor that told us to use sealant as a gasket on the carb float bowl, we did as we were told and it leaked, i lul'd.
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Jewlio Iglesias wrote: I actually did vote BNP once

[RhynoCZ]

I couldn't find OEM seal or any other one, so I asked if my mate's dad could make it and I am amazed

I hope it'll work and I'm gonna finally sell the bike

https://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/RhynoCZ/DSC00890_zps49ecd9dc.jpg
https://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae184/RhynoCZ/DSC00894_zps3399897d.jpg
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[matto]

that's cool, but how hard did you look for a gasket?

https://www.nrp-carbs.co.uk/shop/index.php?route=product/product&keyword=nc27&product_id=2584

[BravoCharlie]

[RhynoCZ]

I checked local shops and no one had it even in a catalogue. Then I tried ebay.

EDIT: They say, on that site you've posted, it costs 7.20GBP. The shipping would also cost quite a lot for a part like that. My mate's dad made it for me basically for free. Will see if it'll work, if not then I'm gonna spend my money for that piece of rubber
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[mysterious_rider]

Gasket sealant is not a bodge. Sometimes it's a must, I had to seal a brand new clutch cover gasket with it a while back before it would seal properly. Naff I know.

It would be interesting to know how long it lasted though.
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[RhynoCZ]

[mysterious_rider]

[RhynoCZ]

Well the truth is, the bike had some hesitation issues, but it went off so I didn't pay it attention, but then I saw the inside of the bowl and got pretty nice picture of why the bike hesitated, as said above, the sealant was very creamy/''spreadable''.

It really looks like I took some bad fuel, not the first time. If you're ever gonna get to Czech republic, never buy Natural 95, well every one here buys it and is happy but I've got only bad experiences with the N95.
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'87 Honda XBR 500, '96 Kawasaki ZX7R P1, '90 Honda CB-1, '88 Kawasaki GPz550, MZ 150 ETZ
'95 Mercedes-Benz w202 C200 CGI, '98 Mercedes-Benz w210 E200 Kompressor

[devojunior]

sealant gasket is not a bodge or a cheap way of doing things if anything it costs more and is a pain in the arse to do on some things but if done properly works perfectly well,

i think alot of people try to apply a foocking bucket load and it ends up squashing into places it shouldnt be causing future ploblems but if used correctly is fine for most jobs if the correct sealant is used.

[devojunior]