Will Anything Clean This Carb?

[YouCanDooIt]

You guys got me thinking...Brucetfar's recipe and a heated ultrasonic cleaner.

My question is...are you guys loosing the paint on the carbs? I hate soaking them in chemicals b/c the paint usually gets loose then the carbs look like crap.

I was actually thinking the same thing earlier with the ultrasonic and vinegar.

I have only cleaned fresh water carbs in my UC, but my gtx was salt water some of it's life and had a few corrosion spots. The only place that the paint loosens and falls off of mine was the throttle and choke levers. In fact I've done two sets and had no paint come off the body of the carbs. Seems like the paint sticks to the body of the carburetor better than the other mechanisms on the carb. I think some of the harsher carb cleaners in a can would probably remove the paint worse though. I have never used the vinegar on carbs but I don't think it would affect the paint, with maybe the exception of the places the paint has corrosion under it already. IMO the paint in those places are already gone and it's only a matter of time before it falls off anyway. So maybe the better question is how to make them look better after the paint does come off. I would like to find a good paint and experiment with re spraying one to see how it turns out, Im thinking of stripping down the pair on my xp and spraying them to see how they turn out.

 

[gazza2010au]

ok grabbed a couple bottles of apple cider vinegar one carb i soaking now

 

[68ragtop]

thanks for all the help i will try some of these suggestions

yeah the screw head stripped so i drilled it out i went 4mm hole im going to fill the hole with JB Weld than re drill a 3mm hole and tap it

I have had the same thing happen on a carb with the same screw. So I noticed it right away. I own that same #39 bit & 3mm .50 pitch tap too. I know its small, but I was able to drill it dead nuts with a punch & the drill press. Smallest threads I have tapped to date....

 

[gazza2010au]

one carb has been soaking for around 5 hours? it looks to be working slowly how long should i expect to soak the carby's for?

I have had the same thing happen on a carb with the same screw. So I noticed it right away. I own that same #39 bit & 3mm .50 pitch tap too. I know its small, but I was able to drill it dead nuts with a punch & the drill press. Smallest threads I have tapped to date....

yeah it would be a common i threaded both screws but one came loose the one i drilled the hole is slightly off (down on a angle) but its a 4mm hole so i should get away with JB weld and a 3mm bolt as was in there originally fingers crossed lol i havent bought the 3mm tap yet i went to our local massive hardware they only had 1 type in inches i didnt know the conversion so i'll have to go somewhere else

 

[gazza2010au]

forgot the pic after 5 hours soaking

 

[ocod]

I saw something like a while ago.


[video=youtube;YI_Bnl6l-OY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI_Bnl6l-OY[/video]

 

[gazza2010au]

I saw something like a while ago.


[video=youtube;YI_Bnl6l-OY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI_Bnl6l-OY[/video]

lol crazy aussie he is no mask? i was reading about blasting about a week ago and its bad to breath in someone mentioned on the net something to do with a desease sil? sill? cant remember the whole name but sounded like a kind of lung disease

 

[summer]

lol crazy aussie he is no mask? i was reading about blasting about a week ago and its bad to breath in someone mentioned on the net something to do with a desease sil? sill? cant remember the whole name but sounded like a kind of lung disease

So after using 3,000lbs of soda you have lung cancer and half your engine parts clean. Looks super efficient to me. :thumbsup:

Seriously though, Even if you get the carbs spotless clean, being that they set with saltwater inside wouldn't there be a considerable amount of surface corrosion that could possible make it inopperable? Seems to me it would be worth it to just replace as opposed to spending all that time only to have to replace them anyway.

 

[gazza2010au]

So after using 3,000lbs of soda you have lung cancer and half your engine parts clean. Looks super efficient to me. :thumbsup:

Seriously though, Even if you get the carbs spotless clean, being that they set with saltwater inside wouldn't there be a considerable amount of surface corrosion that could possible make it inopperable? Seems to me it would be worth it to just replace as opposed to spending all that time only to have to replace them anyway.

yeah mate im not going the soda option that guy in the video is crazy anyway i will have enough cash in 2 weeks to order a set of carbs from the USA just thought i would try the apple cider vinegar while im waiting for paydays to roll around it cant hurt and the ACV only cost $10 so its worth a try and if it does indeed dissolve the salt on the outside of the carb im sure it will do the inside to? even tho no salt was found on the other side of the carb and no salt was inside the jets they were clean

 

[YouCanDooIt]

one carb has been soaking for around 5 hours? it looks to be working slowly how long should i expect to soak the carby's for?

Yea it does work slowly, I would keep it soaking for a few more hours. I would keep checking it periodically to see how it is coming along. I would try to not leave it in the vinegar for too long, I don't think it would harm them but you never know. Did you try wiping the remaining rust off?

After you take them out of the vinegar, and if you get the results your wanting, I would wash them really well with water if you have a air compressor to blow them out really good afterwards, and then I would use some carb cleaner.

 

[RodInEscondido]

WHITE Vinegar, lemon juice, water and put it on the BBQ, not on SUPER hot, but enough to boil and steam a little... let it sit for an hour or two, and they will come out brand spanking new....



if you cant get them SUPER clean then do it again and add baking soda and boil again... nothing cleans better except acid..

trust me on that!

Just a couple small technical questions: Why the BBQ? Why not just use the kitchen stove? Do I already know the answers here?
Rod

 

[Spimothy Leary]

Just a couple small technical questions: Why the BBQ? Why not just use the kitchen stove? Do I already know the answers here?
Rod

i'll take a stab at it. (its the same reason you don't heat cyl's to resleeve them in your kitchen stove)

 

[68ragtop]

If your married, you can't even walk into the house with these parts, let alone get near the stove.....

 

[RodInEscondido]

i'll take a stab at it. (its the same reason you don't heat cyl's to resleeve them in your kitchen stove)

Good point ... seems I do recall way back in the old days when I was married that it got rather noisy in the kitchen when I was discovered mixing gun-blueing chemicals on the kitchen stove.

 

[sselzer]

I just used white vinegar and lemon juice. The carbs I placed in a crock pot on low, they came out really clean, but there was a few areas left with the white powder stuff on them.
For the bigger parts I used the same stuff, just used a large pot instead and placed it on the stove on simmer, worked really good better the the chemicals from an auto store.

 

[YouCanDooIt]

I just used white vinegar and lemon juice. The carbs I placed in a crock pot on low, they came out really clean, but there was a few areas left with the white powder stuff on them.
For the bigger parts I used the same stuff, just used a large pot instead and placed it on the stove on simmer, worked really good better the the chemicals from an auto store.

Good to know Sselzer! Honestly I have never used the vinegar on any seadoo parts yet, I think I will try out the white vinegar/lemon juice mixture in my ultrasonic cleaner when I do a carb next time to see how it turns out. Maybe if the wife is out of the house for a while one day I will try cleaning the parts on the stove lol.

Gazza, did you have any luck with your carbs? keep us updated with pics if you don't care.

 

[gazza2010au]

Gazza, did you have any luck with your carbs? keep us updated with pics if you don't care.

once the carb was dry the soak in apple cider vinegar done nothing

 

[YouCanDooIt]

once the carb was dry the soak in apple cider vinegar done nothing

Well damn, I figured it would have lifted that rust right off. Do you have a little wire detail brush? It looks like it weakened the rust/corrosion, If you had a little wire brush it should clean the rest of it nicely. I buy those brushes by the pack, usually get three or four, and they are very handy. I wouldn't give up on the carb yet, it looks better, and I think you can definitely get the rest of that rust off.

Don't know if you guys have Harbor Freight Tool stores but, here is a link to the brush, I'm sure all auto part stores will have them too.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-3-8-eighth-inch-x-7-inch-brass-detail-brush-40441.html

 

[gazza2010au]

Well damn, I figured it would have lifted that rust right off. Do you have a little wire detail brush? It looks like it weakened the rust/corrosion, If you had a little wire brush it should clean the rest of it nicely. I buy those brushes by the pack, usually get three or four, and they are very handy. I wouldn't give up on the carb yet, it looks better, and I think you can definitely get the rest of that rust off.

Don't know if you guys have Harbor Freight Tool stores but, here is a link to the brush, I'm sure all auto part stores will have them too.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-3-8-eighth-inch-x-7-inch-brass-detail-brush-40441.html

i wish we had half the stores u guys have in the US we do have a super cheap auto store i will duck in there now to pick up the wire brush kit the other option i was thinking of going that poor mans bi carb soda blaster

 

[gazza2010au]

went and bought the small wire brush kit i used the brush, a screw with pointy end, and a small paint scraper and looks to have saved one carby so far ill need to get a can of carb cleaner and crank over the air compressor but it looks like this carby cleaned up well does anyone know where the cheapest place is for carb rebuild kits? also what should i clean the hole with that i drilled out before filling it with JB weld?

top forum guys :thumbsup:

 

[gazza2010au]

forgot the picture :lol: