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r1_pete

posted on 1/9/09 at 04:37 PM Reply With Quote
Can anyone recommend a carb cleaner

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.






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mad4x4

posted on 1/9/09 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
Try some petrol that should disolve the "dried petrol" with in the carbs....





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mookaloid

posted on 1/9/09 at 04:41 PM Reply With Quote
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.

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blakep82

posted on 1/9/09 at 04:44 PM Reply With Quote
i like wynns carb cleaner. its in a purple can





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mistergrumpy

posted on 1/9/09 at 04:45 PM Reply With Quote
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.

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BenB

posted on 1/9/09 at 05:13 PM Reply With Quote
Yup. Wynns is good. Just don't try washing bits in a plastic pot cos it melts quite a few plastics....
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blakep82

posted on 1/9/09 at 05:29 PM Reply With Quote
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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





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Angus180

posted on 1/9/09 at 05:41 PM Reply With Quote
i got a can from camberely auto factors seems gud as i couldnt find any in halfords and it was busy with chavs
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britishtrident

posted on 3/9/09 at 05:40 PM Reply With Quote
Cellulose thinners





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Peteff

posted on 3/9/09 at 06:10 PM Reply With Quote
Boiling water gets rid of the white powder. We used some wheel cleaning acid to get the green stuff from inside the float chambers.





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Angel Acevedo

posted on 4/9/09 at 11:15 PM Reply With Quote
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.





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