Motorcycles, Snowmobiles, Go-Carts, ATV's and Golf Carts - Fuel spraying from carb in '94 Polaris???

Let me start by saying I don't know a whole lot about small engines so if the question is a dumb one I apologize. :o

We bought a cottage this year and inhertted a 1994 Polaris Indy sled. The machine's in great shape but not ever used very much .. only 400 miles on it.

Not sure the last time it was started but we drained the fuel tank cuz the fuel was obviously off.

With fresh fuel in the tank I can get it to start no problem at all but at idle or full throttle, there's a major spraying of fuel from a nipple on the upper part of the side of one of the carbs (the other carb seems fine).

OK - here's where it might get dumb .... is that nipple (& fuel) supposed to go somewhere (no obvious broken or disconnected tubes) or is this a case of a gunked up carb from old fuel? If it's gunk what do you all suggest to remedy?

Thanks for any help ...

Jeff

I do not know anything about that specific engine so hopefully someone who knows what they are talking about will chime in...

Can you tell if the carbs. have a bowl on the bottom (with a float inside). If so, the needle valve inside the bowl often sticks with old gas. If it sticks open gas constantly flows into the bowl and is dumped overboard through a fitting in the side or bottom of the carb.

I do not know anything about that specific engine so hopefully someone who knows what they are talking about will chime in...

Can you tell if the carbs. have a bowl on the bottom (with a float inside). If so, the needle valve inside the bowl often sticks with old gas. If it sticks open gas constantly flows into the bowl and is dumped overboard through a fitting in the side or bottom of the carb.

Thanks for the post ...

Ya they've got bowl's in the bottom & a water/sediment trap/tube in the bottom of the carb too.

What's the best way to "unstick" a stuck needle? Do I have to disassemble the carb to clean it out or will some kind of fuel additive do the trick?