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Was skeptical about ultrasonic cleaning for carburetors until I tried it. Anyone else have a tool they doubted then came around on?
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amy_sanchez4d agoTop Commenter
...and honestly I was the same way. I thought it was just a gimmick for people with too much money. Then I had a Honda carb that was totally gummed up from sitting for years. Soaked it in cleaner, blew it out, still ran like crap. Threw it in a cheap ultrasonic with some simple green and water and it came out looking brand new. The little passages you can't even see with your eyes actually got clean. Idk, maybe it's just me but I'll never go back to just a spray can of carb cleaner again.
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diana8294d ago
man I get what you're saying but here's what nobody ever talks about - those cheap harbor freight ones actually work better for carbs than the expensive jewelry cleaners lol. my buddy spent like 200 bucks on a fancy one and it barely fits a single carb body. my little 30 dollar one from amazon fits two at a time if I stack em right. also the heat makes a huge difference, I run mine for like 3 full cycles at 50c and the varnish just floats off. but here's the real hack - a little bit of pine sol in the water, I swear it eats through that old gas residue way better than simple green. smells like a pine forest cleaning up 20 year old fuel deposits.
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davis.linda4d ago
Yeah I gotta disagree a little though. I've had ultrasonic cleaners ruin two old carbs by loosening up crud that then blocked passages even worse, and @diana829 that pine sol trick sounds risky if you leave it in too long cause I've seen it eat the zinc coating off parts. Still cool that it's worked for you guys but I'll stick to manual cleaning and compressed air for now, have you ever had an ultrasonic mess something up too?
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