quad dirt in fuel - solved I hope?

[blazer]

I have had my Suzuki Eiger for 5 years and after a layup for a few months it had flooded out - that bad when the plug was out it pumps fuel out of the plug hole:confused1:

 

So I cleaned out the carb and the fuel tap and all was ok for a year, now it's done it again. One of the probs of quads on trailers is with the carb float going up/down and the fuel tap not being able to shut off, I used to use hose clamps on the fuel line but still had a running problem.

 

So I when I stripped it down this morning the carb had dirt in again, (filling it from cans) so I fitted an in-line fuel filter to see if it cures the problem. I'm out on the quad on a shoot Thursday so will see if it worked.

 

Anybody else had simular problems and found any answers?

[Nat]

Yeah, we used to fit those little clear inline fuel filters with a paper element into the fuel line on Suzukis.

Are you sure the tap isn't turning off?

IIRC you have ON - RES - PRIME

They are a vacuum operated tap and don't let fuel through unless the engine is turning over.