carbs
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 1:50 pm
Procter and Gamble sells a commercial cleaning product called Dawn Power Dissolver. It *was* available at WalMart. But, they've recently dropped the consumer version.
I've been told they sell it disguised as BBQ grill cleaner, though. I bought a case of the 32oz commercial stuff from Tiger Direct of all places.
On the weekends, I do volunteer trail maint. in a local state park.Tree saps and juices can really mess up a chainsaw. The Power Dissolver takes it right off without scrubbing!
At my friend's shop, we used it to loosen/remove the greenish gunk that dries in the bottom of old carbs. In fact, it worked well enough that it cleaned a set of blown fork seal messy fork tubes better than a solvent tank! Best of all, it's safe, rinses with water and doesn't seem to affect rubber parts like some solvents do.
-eddie
----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] normkel32@... [DSN_KLR650] [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Saturday, August 02, 2014 1:56 PM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] Re: Carbs Mark posted: "I Emailed Sea Foam, They said they do NOT have anything that removes (Cleans out) the CRAP Corn fuel leaves behind. (White powder residue & Crystals) " Just a caution, Mark. If you are going to quote real, verified facts, it's likely best to work slowly to the point. Maybe start with the guesses, and wild assertions usually used on web groups? Kidding aside, thanks for making that contact and confirmation - very professional approach. Did SF offer any thoughts as to those deposits? Did you happen to ask about the difference between the "strength" of the fuel and transmission treatments? I'm not noticing any unusual issues in this regards but our fuels, temperatures and temperatures are not like other areas so it can be difficult to draw too firm conclusions from another area's reports. I'm thinking/hoping that someone here may have a stronger chemistry background which will allow some suggestions. I'm using Simple Green at about 1/3 concentration in my ultrasonic cleaner, combined with spray & dip with some other chemicals depending on the "stuff" in the carb. High pressure air, jet drills, and wire seems to be required in most cases. I was trained in carb. work over 50 years ago so have been using high pressure air on every task. Mostly, each carb. is a new experiment so if someone with better chemistry has some thoughts, I'd be grateful to try the ideas. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]