dead bike and gas

[spicciani]

hi guys I have bought 3 bikes since i have picked up the gz a pc800 a ninja650 and a chetak150 but the gz250 still has got my love and gets ridden. funny story today i tried to drive it to go to the store and i made it to the end of my driveway

First the bike was hard to start then it sputtered and then died .

I thought maybe it had run out of fuel but the petcock was on i turned it to prime and gas started flowing down the bike from a tube near the top of the carb .

i pushed the bike to the garage and there she sits . would a sticky float bowl do this? much thanks