Carb cleaner
 

What do you use to clean carburetor in and where to buy it

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I use awesome in my ultrasonic cleaner works great on my TQuads. On holleys I have used a diluted muriatic acid 12 to 1 and then a baking soda blast. The old holley carbs always look ratty the acid strips all that off and leaves them silver looking. You could then replate them if you wanted too.

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I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

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Just don’t leave it in too long!


QUOTE=prostockpete1;646685]I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger[/QUOTE]

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I have been trying to find the old GUNK brand 5 gallon barrel of carb soaking chemical, with no luck. I guess the greenies have deemed the good stuff enviromentally evil, and it seems that most of the "earth friendly" stuff basically is only good for making things get wet. Years ago, Safety Kleen used to offer a 15 gallon barrel, of carb cleaner, with an air operated agitator to swish the parts in the metal basket back and forth. Have not seen one of those in years.

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story about carb cleaning. I was working in a small garage, in Wichita, 1968. I was doing an old Carter. the piston type choke housing was full of nasty oily coke. carb went in the cleaner can. I tied a brass welding rod on the choke and tossed it in the hot tank for a few minutes, came out nice and clean. few days later, the hi school kid, who worked after school was doing a carb. did the same thing with his choke. except for about 1/2 hour. when he pulled the brass rod out, surprise. no fish on the line. I still think thats funny.
Rod in AZ

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Auto zone site shows bucket of cleaner with basket

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Safety-Kleen still has the referenced carb cleaner but the solution in not the same as it used to be. None of the carb cleaners have methylene chloride in them anymore that I am aware of. You can "brew" your own with about a 10% volume of the methylene chloride and 90% kerosene.. Quick search for it shows it to be a bit expensive though.

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Berryman B-12 if you can find it and they haven't changed the formula...
Last batch I had finally ate through the drum...
Stuff smelled like carbolic acid to me...
Don't know what was in it but it worked...
Be sure and wear gloves and don't get any on you!...
Got some on my hand once...
It went numb... :eek:
Nasty stuff.

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Do you find the Carb that you were look for a
few weeks ago?

I still have a couple new and a few used Edelbrock
Q Jets on the shelf.

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The dunk buckets are good for an old dirty carb you're rebuilding or cores you're starting with.

Most prepped race carbs don't get that filthy. A quick clean up, freshen, new gaskets type maintenance, I use the old Berkebile 2+2. Stuff still works and is actually outlawed in some states. Wear safety glasses. Hot water and compressed air is also helpful.

Old trick some one told me long ago - I got into the habit of spraying a bit of WD40 down the air bleeds every other week or so. A little muck in those passages can upset mixtures. I believe the WD knocks the junk and fuel dyes loose from those passages to help maintain consistency. And it's not so aggressive that it damages anything you get overspray on.

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Gumout spray carburetor cleaner is great for cleaning the air bleeds.

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I just rebuilt a pair of 1150 cfm dominators I used 2 bottles of the Awesome liquid cleaner from Dollar Tree, a bucket with a screen. A bottle per carb (They were pretty nasty, but not daily driver nasty of course.) screaming hot water. Let it soak over night, wash out in the shop sink. Blow dry. They came out like new.

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Vic,
The newer carb cleaners just dont work like the old nasty stuff used to. I do a few carbs each year, mostly for friends and I have been putting them in my Ultrasonic cleaner. I just did a Quadrajet off a boat that was pretty nasty and it turned out nice. Depending on what chemical you use it does not always make the outside look real pretty but it does an awesome job getting into all of the little passages.
Depending on where you are located I would see if you could find someone that has a decent sized Ulatrasonic and just pay a few bucks to have it done. More and more machine shops are getting them for cleaning aluminum heads etc.

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John I
Yes I'm still interested in the carburetor right now I'm having a few problems will get back to you lateru

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I have used methyl ethyl ketone MEK in the past. Just don't leave any rubber parts in it.

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You can still get the big carb cleaner pail, however, do not expect it to work like the old days stuff.

https://factorysupplyoutlet.com/berr...yABEgKa0PD_BwE

If you have an ultrasonic cleaner, this is the solvent to use.

https://www.sharpertek.com/encashand...iABEgKO-PD_BwE