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Posted by zoot on September 21, 2008, 3:52 pm
i have fuel dumping from a tube on the air cleaner on my 82 seca 750.
could that be from a stuck float?
. wrote:
> > I have a 1987 GL1200 Aspencade that has four carbs in dire need of clea=
ning.
> > What's the best cleaner to use? =EF=BF=BDIf I remove and soak?
>
> I don't recommend actually *soaking* even the filthiest, most gummed
> up carbs, as you might destroy old rubber parts that have yet
> perished.
>
> Use aerosol Berryman B-12, STP, or GumOut carb cleaner and spray the
> carbs with it. Those carb cleaners contain acetone, toluene, and
> methyl alcohols and they are fast acting.
>
> If you have some kind of flat metal pan that will hold the carbs, you
> can use a brush to scrub the carbs with the cleaner that runs off them
> as you spray them.
>
> That's as close as I ever get to actually immersing a motorycle carb
> in cleaner.
>
> If you want to clean the carbs internally as you ride, pour 4 or 5
> ounces of B12 into a fuel tank of fresh gas. Don't get any on your
> paint.
>
> You'll know the B12 is doing its job if the idle RPM increases while
> you're riding slowly to keep the engine running off the idle jets.
>
> You should know where the idle adjustment is before riding with carb
> cleaner in the gasoline.
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