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Carb leaking xt250serow #152574 12/07/21 07:46 PM
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I was taking my serow for its mot last month and after turning the fuel tap on, pulling the choke it started after the second attempt! I shut the bike off and got kitted up and went back to the bike, it wouldn’t start but petrol was leaking from the carb onto the ground!
I turned off the petrol and tapped the carb bowl with a spanner, thinking stuck float or valve! I turned the petrol back on and still have petrol leaking everywhere and no start! I think I’ll need to strip down the carb but which UK sourced kit should I use? Cant seem to find anything for a 2005 250 serow!!!!?
Can anyone help?
Cheers Alex W ( Perth, Scotland uk)

Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Stroppyjock] #152575 12/07/21 07:59 PM
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This usually is a float, seat, needle issue within the carb bowl. You could have a piece of debris in the seat preventing fuel from shutting off. A small piece of rust from the tank might be the cause. Remove the carb, drop the bowl and inspect floats, needle and seat. If you get lucky, a cleaning might get you back running again. If it is debris, then install a fuel filter. Not sure in the UK where you'd get a rebuild kit. A leaking float can cause this too. I recall them being plastic and delicate. Good luck.


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Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Stroppyjock] #152577 12/09/21 01:31 AM
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A 2005 250 Serow? Those are completely different from the ones we got in the U.S, which were 225cc. I had to look up a picture of one. Does yours have the really cool rear wheel designed for a tubeless tire? I sure wish I could put a wheel like that on my U.S. model 225. The one you have was apparently sold in many different countries, so it shouldn't bee too hard to find parts for it.


The above is my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
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Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Stroppyjock] #152590 12/11/21 07:16 PM
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Ayup Stroppyjock. you got a pic of your bike? You sure it be a 250? I thought 250's started 2007 & fuel injected. Both 225 & 250 Serows quite rare in UK. Wemoto stock some spares, & Fowlers in Bristol.


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Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Stroppyjock] #152597 12/12/21 01:12 PM
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Xt250 came out in Japan in 2005, mine was a 2007 Japanese import and had a carb and a tubeless rear wheel/ tyre, different to the model sold in the states. Fi started about 2009.


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Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Ben] #152667 12/26/21 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Ben
Xt250 came out in Japan in 2005, mine was a 2007 Japanese import and had a carb and a tubeless rear wheel/ tyre, different to the model sold in the states. Fi started about 2009.


Learn more every day on here, thanks Ben. I see on ebay there are several imports for sale, both 225 & 250, even a couple of late ones and all at very high prices.

2018 model 250 at £6599, wow!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154737776817


1996 model 225 at £3595.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284561577603



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Re: Carb leaking xt250serow [Re: Stroppyjock] #152671 12/27/21 03:50 AM
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I sure wish we had gotten that tubeless rear wheel in the U.S. Would have saved me a lot of grief, even just the rear. Most of my flats are in the rear. Since it is obviously easy to make wheels like that, it makes me wonder why everybody doesn't do it worldwide.


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