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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto eng 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
I can shut my fuel off before I turn the bike off and if it's hot out usually it will puke anyway.

This puking thing is so wrong...

What would be the chances of filing a class action suit against Yamaha to get some relief from this issue? My bike is a '99.
 
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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto eng 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
I had gas leaking out of my hypercharger only once. I don't do anything anyone says here about shutting off the petcock before shutting off. I've had my bike 4 years and have experienced this just once. If yours is doing this all the time, it could be something wrong with your bike. This is not normal. I was going to take it into the dealer, but again, it only did it once.
 
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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto eng 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
ahh yes the gas pukeing roadie.took my bike to the stealer at least 4 times for it this summer.bought it new this year but is 2007.they had rebuilt the carb and adjusted the float level several times and they finaly called yami.yami said to set the float level 1 mm lower than suggested and also suggested to run mid grade gas because on the hot days the cheap gas boils over quicker.not saying this will be the same for everyone but it has worked for me.my bike used to puke gas alot.to the point i was loosing intrest in riding it.hope this helps.
 
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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto eng 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
I've only had this to happen one time on my 06, since then I've gotten back into the habbit of turning my fuel off and no more problems,,,I used to have to this all the time on my old HD Sportster so it was easy to get back into the habbit....more than likely the float level is high and or the needle is sticking when it gets hot.........Nature of the Beast, carberated big engine, lots of heat! Smells manly!
 
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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto engine 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
I'll give ya my thoughts on it, the section of fuel line going from the pump to the carb has fuel in it that gets hot and expands, it can't go back thru the pump into the tank, so, if the fuel bowl is full when you shut down, the expanding gas forces past the needle and over fills...
 
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Re:gas spiting out behind the air fillter onto engine 2 Months, 3 Weeks ago  
Flashback wrote:
I'll give ya my thoughts on it, the section of fuel line going from the pump to the carb has fuel in it that gets hot and expands, it can't go back thru the pump into the tank, so, if the fuel bowl is full when you shut down, the expanding gas forces past the needle and over fills...

Just to add a little to what Flashback said.

It's been my experience that if I would turn off my petcock five to ten seconds before shut off, that I had no puking at all.

My hypothosis is that the back pressure between the pump and the carb in the lines would build up from fuel expansion due to the heat of the jugs surrounding it combined with the lack of airflow. This slowly forces the fuel into the carb and out the overflow.

I came to this conclusion after I moved my pump down under the right side cover and have had no problem with puking since, even though I leave my petcock turn on all the time. (Really, just for looks though.)

Just my .02.
 
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