carbs leaking water??

[flyingmythos]

Hi, newby here, I have owned a Fazer before but never had this happen, I got water dripping off my carbs after a few miles riding, obviously been happening to previous owner as the block has no paint left under the carbs, any ideas before I stip then down??

[Fraser]

the carbs have water pipes linking them to prevent iceing, look closely under the carbs and you will see some small rubber pipes, could be one of those leaking or the metal pipes where they push on could be corroded. you don't need to strip carbs, either replace rubber pipes or blank off at either end, small pipe coming out of radiator on right hand side beneath top hose and after lifting the fuel tank you can see the other end on the bottom of rad filler cap housing, Fraser

[His Dudeness]

How much water are you talking about? Could you get a picture up?

[darrsi]

I just said in the other post to tighten all clips around the thermostat housing, but i've also found that a good way of checking for leaks is take it for a spin at night when it's dark to create a leak then check it over with a torch, so any leaking fluid will shine with the torch light.
Or put yourself in a dark garage if that's an option.

[flyingmythos]

At first it seemed to be leaking from a split pipe but after removing and replacing it now seems to be dripping from the carbs itself on what appears to be a screw holes. Can I just stop the water going into the carbs?? would this affect the flow around the engine?? I need to take the carbs off anyway as the rev adjuster cable is seized.

[Fazerider]

Provided you seal off the connections at the thermostat and radiator, and never ride the bike when the temperature gets below about 6ºC then you won't have any problem caused by removing the carb heater plumbing.
Just much more sensible just to find the fault and fix it IMHO.

[His Dudeness]

Are you using water in your rad? If your using coolant it's usually green, blue or red so you expect the leak to be that colour if it's coming from the cooling system unless you're using water in the rad. Also when coolant dries it tends to leave a chalky white substance so if you're using coolant in the rad and there's no chalky substance then your leak isn't from the carb heater or any other part of the cooling system

[unfazed]

The most common cause of what you are describing is some so called mechanics :wall not reseating the coolant hoses or hose clips properly when reinstalling the carburettors or damaging a hose. You would be very unlucky if it is a problem with corrosion.

[flyingmythos]

It was coolant, all pipes have ben checked and all okay, the coolant was leaking from the carb itself, seems an internal seal has perished, too messy for to take carbs apart and seperate so I have looped the pipe from housing to the rad bypassing the carbs, seems to work so far. Must of overheated at some point as it had no water init when I bought it, DOH!