Carb cleaner

vic guilmino · 08-30-2021, 05:33 PM

What do you use to clean carburetor in and where to buy it

Rod Greene · 08-30-2021, 06:16 PM

I use awesome in my ultrasonic cleaner works great on my TQuads. On holleys I have used a diluted muriatic acid 12 to 1 and then a baking soda blast. The old holley carbs always look ratty the acid strips all that off and leaves them silver looking. You could then replate them if you wanted too.

prostockpete1 · 08-30-2021, 06:55 PM

I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

Ralph A Powell · 08-30-2021, 07:15 PM

Just don’t leave it in too long!

QUOTE=prostockpete1;646685]I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger[/QUOTE]

Rory McNeil · 08-30-2021, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by prostockpete1

I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

I have been trying to find the old GUNK brand 5 gallon barrel of carb soaking chemical, with no luck. I guess the greenies have deemed the good stuff enviromentally evil, and it seems that most of the "earth friendly" stuff basically is only good for making things get wet. Years ago, Safety Kleen used to offer a 15 gallon barrel, of carb cleaner, with an air operated agitator to swish the parts in the metal basket back and forth. Have not seen one of those in years.

rod · 08-30-2021, 08:08 PM

story about carb cleaning. I was working in a small garage, in Wichita, 1968. I was doing an old Carter. the piston type choke housing was full of nasty oily coke. carb went in the cleaner can. I tied a brass welding rod on the choke and tossed it in the hot tank for a few minutes, came out nice and clean. few days later, the hi school kid, who worked after school was doing a carb. did the same thing with his choke. except for about 1/2 hour. when he pulled the brass rod out, surprise. no fish on the line. I still think thats funny.
Rod in AZ

prostockpete1 · 08-30-2021, 08:26 PM

Auto zone site shows bucket of cleaner with basket

nwebber · 08-30-2021, 09:17 PM

Safety-Kleen still has the referenced carb cleaner but the solution in not the same as it used to be. None of the carb cleaners have methylene chloride in them anymore that I am aware of. You can "brew" your own with about a 10% volume of the methylene chloride and 90% kerosene.. Quick search for it shows it to be a bit expensive though.

L.Fite · 08-30-2021, 09:32 PM

Berryman B-12 if you can find it and they haven't changed the formula...
Last batch I had finally ate through the drum...
Stuff smelled like carbolic acid to me...
Don't know what was in it but it worked...
Be sure and wear gloves and don't get any on you!...
Got some on my hand once...
It went numb...

Nasty stuff.

GTX JOHN · 08-30-2021, 09:47 PM

Do you find the Carb that you were look for a
few weeks ago?

I still have a couple new and a few used Edelbrock
Q Jets on the shelf.

08-30-2021, 05:33 PM	#1
vic guilmino Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: wv Posts: 884 Likes: 42 Liked 56 Times in 21 Posts	Carb cleaner What do you use to clean carburetor in and where to buy it __________________ Vic Guilmino 1129 STK

08-30-2021, 06:16 PM	#2
Rod Greene Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: TN Posts: 530 Likes: 414 Liked 242 Times in 81 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner I use awesome in my ultrasonic cleaner works great on my TQuads. On holleys I have used a diluted muriatic acid 12 to 1 and then a baking soda blast. The old holley carbs always look ratty the acid strips all that off and leaves them silver looking. You could then replate them if you wanted too. __________________ Rod Greene Real men shift for them selves. Slowly working on TA Challenger for D,E/S and a 72 Challenger for SS/K, L as if I don't have enough other projects.

08-30-2021, 06:55 PM	#3
prostockpete1 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 249 Likes: 3 Liked 86 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger

08-30-2021, 07:15 PM	#4
Ralph A Powell Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: Bay City Texas Posts: 387 Likes: 2 Liked 225 Times in 136 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner Just don’t leave it in too long! QUOTE=prostockpete1;646685]I still believe most auto parts stores still sell pails of cleaner often with a basket to dunk the disassembled carb parts for few hours or so / then rinse with hot water / compressed air to dry if you just want to remove dirt / black fuel stains etc etc ... to get into the carb material much deeper then will need something much stronger[/QUOTE]

08-30-2021, 08:08 PM	#6
rod Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Kingman, NW AZ. in the middle of the longest stretch of Route 66 Posts: 313 Likes: 0 Liked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner story about carb cleaning. I was working in a small garage, in Wichita, 1968. I was doing an old Carter. the piston type choke housing was full of nasty oily coke. carb went in the cleaner can. I tied a brass welding rod on the choke and tossed it in the hot tank for a few minutes, came out nice and clean. few days later, the hi school kid, who worked after school was doing a carb. did the same thing with his choke. except for about 1/2 hour. when he pulled the brass rod out, surprise. no fish on the line. I still think thats funny. Rod in AZ

08-30-2021, 08:26 PM	#7
prostockpete1 Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 249 Likes: 3 Liked 86 Times in 51 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner Auto zone site shows bucket of cleaner with basket

08-30-2021, 09:17 PM	#8
nwebber Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: springfield OR Posts: 70 Likes: 1 Liked 39 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner Safety-Kleen still has the referenced carb cleaner but the solution in not the same as it used to be. None of the carb cleaners have methylene chloride in them anymore that I am aware of. You can "brew" your own with about a 10% volume of the methylene chloride and 90% kerosene.. Quick search for it shows it to be a bit expensive though. __________________ Norm Webber

08-30-2021, 09:32 PM	#9
L.Fite Senior Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 507 Likes: 530 Liked 488 Times in 237 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner Berryman B-12 if you can find it and they haven't changed the formula... Last batch I had finally ate through the drum... Stuff smelled like carbolic acid to me... Don't know what was in it but it worked... Be sure and wear gloves and don't get any on you!... Got some on my hand once... It went numb... Nasty stuff.

08-30-2021, 09:47 PM	#10
GTX JOHN VIP Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Boulder City, Nevada 89005 Posts: 2,719 Likes: 2,765 Liked 2,425 Times in 687 Posts	Re: Carb cleaner Do you find the Carb that you were look for a few weeks ago? I still have a couple new and a few used Edelbrock Q Jets on the shelf. __________________ John Irving 741 Stock 741 Super Stock