Carb Dip

[G6 at Snook, TX]

Is there a carburetor dip out there worthy of the name anymore? I have used Berryman's but that had mixed results.

 

[oldtanker]

I've been using the NAPA brand stuff. Comes in a gallon can and has a basket for the small parts. Works pretty good.

Rick

 

[Texas!]

1 cup of muratic acid in 1 gallon of water is the best (and cheapest!) carb dip you will ever find.

 

[old]

Ya the new Berryman's is not near as good as the older stuff was. I have 3 cans of the stuff right now. 1 is the old stuff and boy can you smell the difference in the 2 types of it. But on the other hand I still have not found any thing that works better I just let them sit in it a lot longer

 

[Bob]

Old, the new stuff pretty much smells and feels and acts like brake fluid, it seems to me. Have you noticed that?

 

[old]

No I have not noticed that yet but then I do have 2 carbs soaking in it right now and they have been in it for a week or so. I did notice when I dipped a part in and pulled it back out that it did seem to change its color very fast.

 

[rustyfarmall]

(quoted from post at 10:52:35 05/10/13) No I have not noticed that yet but then I do have 2 carbs soaking in it right now and they have been in it for a week or so. I did notice when I dipped a part in and pulled it back out that it did seem to change its color very fast.

Soaking for a week and they still are not clean?

Back in the 70s when I was wrenching full time, I could run a car into the shop for a full tune-up, remove the carburetor first, disassemble it, place it in the carb cleaner, and then proceed with the rest of the tune-up. Plugs, points, etc. When that was done, (about 30 minutes) I would then pull the carb out of the cleaner, rinse it off, and reassemble it. Yes, that old carb cleaner was powerful enough to get the job done in about 30 minutes.

 

[Greybeard PA]

Been using commecial plumbers drain cleaner for 8 years and it works amazingly well. Guess EPA hasn"t tamed that stuff down yet. Go figure. Only takes 15/20 minutes and works well. Costs $8 a gallon at True Value.

 

[old]

Soaking for a week I have not had a chance to get back to them so I do not know it they are clean of not. So please back off till I know how they look as I said I have not been able to pull them out so at this point do not know how clean they are or are not

 

[Ronnie Graves]

a week ? man If I leave one soaking over night its a goner , alumium alloy carbs will be liquid in 24 hours cast iron can soak a long time but will rust if not soaked in soda water and heat dryed , I must have good stuff made by M-chem when they were still open , I strain and filter about twice a year still works good

 

[rustyfarmall]

(quoted from post at 18:06:08 05/10/13) Soaking for a week I have not had a chance to get back to them so I do not know it they are clean of not. So please back off till I know how they look as I said I have not been able to pull them out so at this point do not know how clean they are or are not

For what it's worth, I HAVE purposely left cast iron carbs soaking in that Berryman's stuff for a full week. NO damage to the carb, but it was not clean when I took it out either.

 

[Fritz Maurer]

Try Zep products. They have a 6-gallon can of
crysilic acid, for removing carbon and varnish.
Solder Seal used to have a good digestive solvent,
haven't noticed any since I switched to Zep.

 

[old]

These are motorcycle carbs so I hope they are still ok being as they are aluminum carbs but did look at one and it still looked ok

 

[rustyfarmall]

(quoted from post at 08:56:20 05/11/13) These are motorcycle carbs so I hope they are still ok being as they are aluminum carbs but did look at one and it still looked ok

They'll be just fine, but probably will not be clean.

 

[old]

Ya I do also use spray carb cleaner and a torch tip cleaner tool and air so by the time I am done they will be clean