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Can anyone recommend a carb cleaner
r1_pete - 1/9/09 at 04:37 PM

Trying to clean up my side draughts, they've been stood a good while, I've managed to free all the jets and ball valves.

Is there a cleaner which will dissolve that manky varnish and white powder gloopy sticky residue? No point putting them back together with a rebuild kit if they are just going to stick together again.

Cheers.

Pete.

mad4x4 - 1/9/09 at 04:40 PM

Try some petrol that should disolve the "dried petrol" with in the carbs....

mookaloid - 1/9/09 at 04:41 PM

find someone who does ultrasonic cleaning. They will be like new after that.

I cleaned my second hand ones for days and even then they weren't ever quite right.

You can't beat the ultrasonic cleaning.

Cheers

Mark

blakep82 - 1/9/09 at 04:44 PM

i like wynns carb cleaner. its in a purple can

mistergrumpy - 1/9/09 at 04:45 PM

Yep. Wynns. Comes in a blue aerosol. Its great stuff, I evn claned my dads coked up EGR valve and it works like a dream now.
Think I got it from Halfords.

BenB - 1/9/09 at 05:13 PM

Yup. Wynns is good. Just don't try washing bits in a plastic pot cos it melts quite a few plastics....

blakep82 - 1/9/09 at 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by BenB
Yup. Wynns is good. Just don't try washing bits in a plastic pot cos it melts quite a few plastics....


ah, what about plastic bits in carbs? or does it only melt plastics which are affected by petrol (ie, they shouldn't be in carbs anyway)

also good for disolving duct tape glue and parcel tape glue

Angus180 - 1/9/09 at 05:41 PM

i got a can from camberely auto factors seems gud as i couldnt find any in halfords and it was busy with chavs

britishtrident - 3/9/09 at 05:40 PM

Cellulose thinners

Peteff - 3/9/09 at 06:10 PM

Boiling water gets rid of the white powder. We used some wheel cleaning acid to get the green stuff from inside the float chambers.

Angel Acevedo - 4/9/09 at 11:15 PM

I found this some time ago.
http://www.aircooledtech.com/tools-on-the-cheap/soda_blaster/
I´m still about to try it myself.
Saying goes its a lot of dust.