Soaking a carb?

I don't leave anything in the dip very long though, don't have the nerve to leave anything in over an hour and usually about 15 min.

My advice is to go by the instructions.

Don't see how anything costing $250 could possibly be any better.

I think I have had my present gallon for 5-8 years, you just don't lose much if you let it drain a while before removing it. There is a tray in the gallon can you can use as a drain.

The odor is another thing, it is hard to get out of your clothes. I have to leave mine on the back porch couple of days before my wife will wash them.

It probably wouldn't work too well on a 1-gallon can of the cleaner, but what I used to do with the larger 5 gallon size was to make a line/valve affair out of a ¼” brake line and brazed on a fitting to fit my air hose.

I would stick this line down into the bottom of the cleaner bucket and crack that valve just enough to make the carb cleaner "boil".

It really gave the stuff a nice agitating action and made it ‘move’ in and around the carb parts. Kind of a ‘carburetor washing machine’.

Allan

Tim

The best carb cleaner you can buy is the "Tyme" brand. A 5 gallon bucket with the tray will probably run well over $250; closer to $300.

But, this is the real stuff and not one of those watered down "home-user" types. I wouldn't leave a carb in it much longer than about 30 minutes.

A lot of carbs nowadays are nothing more than pot metal with a thin 'sealing' coat of another metal. This cleaner will make a sieve out of 'em if they were left soaking for a week.

Allan

Yeah, it is some nasty stuff and I do remember them fighting with the EPA. I used to go thru 5 gallons in about 6 weeks back when I was doing a lot of carbs.

NAPA carried it here, the last I knew. (Maybe they don't anymore, dunno)

Allan

I like to disassemble, clean the worst of it off, remove gaskets any rubber/plastic pieces, then let it soak for awhile. I've let some soak a week or more. It will take any paint off too.

When I take them out, I carefully clean all the little passages with a spray carb cleaner useing the little tip that comes with them.

When you put it back together keep everything clean, clean, clean.

For $47.89 it oughta reassemble the carb for you and put a new needle valve too!

I have had marginal success, but my brother is like a wizz with them..... ..... He got a few working that I failed on(Smile).

I seem to have trouble with only ATV carbs..... ...

taking carb apart carefully, looking for parts that prior rebuilder left out

soaking overnight in can of cleaner

rinse off with water

ESSENTIAL part is blowing out good with air

if no compressor, 12v tire pump with football needle on end works great

if you feel brave, punch out the soft plugs and gently run wires thru EVERY passage

works lot more often than not