r1_pete
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 04:37 PM |
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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
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 04:40 PM |
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Try some petrol that should disolve the "dried petrol" with in the carbs....
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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mookaloid
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 04:41 PM |
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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
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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blakep82
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 04:44 PM |
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i like wynns carb cleaner. its in a purple can
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 04:45 PM |
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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
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 05:13 PM |
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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
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 05:29 PM |
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quote:
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
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| posted on 1/9/09 at 05:41 PM |
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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
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 05:40 PM |
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Cellulose thinners
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/9/09 at 06:10 PM |
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Boiling water gets rid of the white powder. We used some wheel cleaning acid to get the green stuff from inside the float chambers.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Angel Acevedo
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| posted on 4/9/09 at 11:15 PM |
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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.
Beware of what you wish.. for it may come true....
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