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Slim 
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 Topic: Carb Gunk Cleaning Tips?
Posted: 06 Nov 2015 at 7:23pm |
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Anybody know of a good solution to cut through 20 years of carb gunk? It's on the outside of the carb. I could clean it off by hand but it would take forever. It's a mixture of gunky fuel residue and field dust and man is it tough to remove.
-Slim
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Alberta Phil
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Posted: 06 Nov 2015 at 7:34pm |
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Acetone or laquer thinner will usually clean it up .
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Dmpaul89
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Posted: 06 Nov 2015 at 8:35pm |
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Turpentine and a wire brush. Or pressure washer
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 07 Nov 2015 at 5:19am |
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Really the only way to get that kinda gunk off Carburetors is with a putty knife and some time. Some of our customer's Carbs that come in here to get rebuilt are amazing how much crud is on them from blow-by and field dust n' dirt. Its like concrete! After I get the heavy stuff off, I then use a wire brush and hot soapy water to get the rest off before they go in the tank for a soak. Distributors and drives get like that to after years of layers of blow-by n' dust n' dirt...
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 07 Nov 2015 at 6:14am |
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I drill a lot of 1/16" holes in a length of 1/4" copper tubing,coiled it up like a snake then attached tubing between it an an aquarium air pump.Suspend the carb in a big coffee can or similar and fill with a liquid 'orange' cleaning solution, full strength. The more agitation the better at removing the crud. Only takes a few hours though I usually forget it's working, leave it overnight.....hen it's even cleaner !
Just be sure to rinse it off real well, get all the water out of the carb !!
Jay
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