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Title: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: Chris on February 14, 2010, 07:19:19 PM: Im in the process of tearing down my carbs and getting ready to replace the shafts and bearings but I want to give them a good cleaning in and out....

What tricks do you use? What cleaners? Soda Blasting? Anything else?

Just figured I would get some input everyone can use!
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: red snapper on February 15, 2010, 01:30:28 PM: No one can help out this poor guy?? I dont want any excuses from him come April........ lol_hitting
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: Billyisgr8 on February 15, 2010, 01:39:41 PM: I have allways just used carb cleaner in a spray can. You can spray right into the tight places with the nozzle, down the passages too. The pressure coming out of the can seems to just spray away the gunk.

Sorry to change the subject , but what model # is your aluminum gas tank for your car?

Kevin
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: BUSDADDY on February 15, 2010, 01:52:25 PM: Wear goggles when shooting carb cleaner into passages, I always manage to find one that shoots directly back at my eye :o

The gallon can of stinky stuff for soaking carbs in always has worked for me (Gunk brand?) followed by air and an assortment of brushes. Anything you blast with will get into the small passages, make sure you can get it out after. Soda may work, never tried it myself, called Langley U-blast?
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: Chris on February 15, 2010, 04:45:22 PM: Quote from: red snapper on February 15, 2010, 01:30:28 PM
No one can help out this poor guy?? I dont want any excuses from him come April........ lol_hitting
Dont worry Brian I am gonna make it to the track!
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: red snapper on February 15, 2010, 05:20:18 PM: Just trying to help out a brotha. :-*
Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: beetleboy on February 15, 2010, 09:52:36 PM: I was told just to leave it in carb cleaner for a night, than scrub scrub scrub
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Title: Re: So what is the best way to clean a carb?
Post by: josh on February 15, 2010, 10:16:20 PM: i've always used our ultrasonic tank at work, it works stellar!! there was a link a while back about making a soda blaster out of a little tube taped to a box of armandhammer.....looked cool think it was on cal-look