Looking at a 2002 TTR 125

askmrjesus · 03-13-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by dubbs

It's a nice bike.. Compression on mine is 150 and runs perfectly. Just recently it doesn't like to hold onto gasoline.. When the petcock is turned on or reserve it just pours out gas from the carb bowl clear breather tube.. Not sure what that is since I haven't looked at it.

Sounds like a stuck float, or a dirty needle valve.

JC

dubbs · 03-13-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Sounds like a stuck float, or a dirty needle valve.

JC

That's what I was thinking. I had actually looked at it but not tried to fix yet. Im assuming just take the bowl off and clean it out with some carb cleaner?

askmrjesus · 03-14-2012, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by dubbs

That's what I was thinking. I had actually looked at it but not tried to fix yet. Im assuming just take the bowl off and clean it out with some carb cleaner?

That may work, depending on how dirty it is. You might have to reset the float height, which would be easier to do with the carb off the bike.

Worse case scenario, you may also need to replace the float needle (cheap) because sometimes the little rubber tip wears out, and it won't seal properly.

JC