Dad has a 2004 Polaris ranger 500 he uses around the farm to spray, check fields, etc. This winter it started leaking gas pretty good and draining the bowl (it has a fuel pump) when you would park it. I changed the Needle /seat and cleaned the carb I thought pretty good. Still would leak from the overflow tube enough that you could see a drop or two fall after you ran it, and it would drain the bowl just slower. So I bought the drain screw because it looked wore down. Replaced it, thought I had it stopped, but it is still leaking. Now it is leaking so little that if you start it and idle it, it wont leak, and if you touch your finger to the overflow tube (Doesn’t have a hose on it right now) your finger stays dry. If you give the machine a little bit of gas your finger will then get a drop on it when you touch the overflow tube. and Seems to leak a little bit more with the more gas you give it.
He wants to use it to do some spraying this weekend and I’m going to tear the carb apart and clean it one more time. I tried looking on youtube, there is a piece / o ring that a guy with a sportsman said you need to check – but I’m pretty sure that piece isn’t in the ranger carb (since I’ve had it apart three times now!). I have attached a screenshot of the piece the guy in the YOUTUBE video placed a bunch of emphasis on.
I guess if I can’t figure it out, I will tell him to take it somewhere but now its down to the point he wants to use it. I don’t know much about float height but I don’t think it could have gotten changed just by operating the machine could it? I guess I could buy a new float and see if that helps anything.
Thanks
