Best carb cleaner/ soak

Anonymous-0 · Nov 14, 2011

What do you find best for cleaning carbs that have been sitting for a long time?

Bryan inIowa · Nov 14, 2011

Depends what they are made of . If cast ,and rusty I like toilet bowl cleaner , or muretic acid. If alum or pot metal, Berryman . I still may pour some Bowl cleaner in them to get the lime out . I use lot of spray cleaners also these days as dip chemicals are not nearly as strong as they used to be, thanks to EPA .

Michael Soldan · Nov 14, 2011

Brakes parts cleaner from Carquest will clean up a carb pretty well.

old · Nov 14, 2011

If you can find it and it is getting hard to come by the old type Berrymans chem dip is good but the newer stuff if not. Gumout also made some good stuff but not sure you can still get that either. I have a bucket of Berryman's but it is 10 years old and it works well and when I got it I also got a couple refills and I strain it from time to time to keep it clean

rustyfarmall · Nov 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 06:17:46 11/14/11) Depends what they are made of . If cast ,and rusty I like toilet bowl cleaner , or muretic acid. If alum or pot metal, Berryman . I still may pour some Bowl cleaner in them to get the lime out . I use lot of spray cleaners also these days as dip chemicals are not nearly as strong as they used to be, thanks to EPA .

Be a bit cautious. Some of the cast iron carbs have a brass metering jet down in the bottom. That jet cannot be removed without wrecking it, and brass does not stand up too well to either lye or muriatic acid.

LeonardWD45 · Nov 14, 2011

Either Berrymans B-12, or the carb dip that NAPA sells are good. Both have worked for me.

Leonard

Paul from MI · Nov 14, 2011

I have an old Berryman dip can&basket. Should have bought a couple of refills when I got it, probably can't get it anymore. I give them all a very thorough mnechanical cleaning before going into the dip to keep it as clean as possible and make it last.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 14, 2011

Be careful. I too had an old can of carb cleaner in my pump house/storage building. Unfortunately, over time, the can developed a leak and dumped the contents. That was several years ago and that building STILL smells like carb cleaner. It also very efficiently removed the paint from the metal shelves it was sitting on with a bunch of other cans, mostly of paint. I cleaned it up as well as I could, but the stink is still there. I don't spend much time in that building, and am glad I don't have to, because I worry that the fumes might not be good for me.

The carb cleaner worked great for its intended function. I am just surprised that the fumes don't evaporate away faster. Wonder what was in it?

rustyfarmall · Nov 14, 2011

(quoted from post at 12:24:03 11/14/11) Be careful. I too had an old can of carb cleaner in my pump house/storage building. Unfortunately, over time, the can developed a leak and dumped the contents. That was several years ago and that building STILL smells like carb cleaner. It also very efficiently removed the paint from the metal shelves it was sitting on with a bunch of other cans, mostly of paint. I cleaned it up as well as I could, but the stink is still there. I don't spend much time in that building, and am glad I don't have to, because I worry that the fumes might not be good for me.

The carb cleaner worked great for its intended function. I am just surprised that the fumes don't evaporate away faster. Wonder what was in it?

Yes, that is the difference between the old stuff and the new. This new stuff will barely wrinkle the paint, let alone remove any grease or varnish.

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