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Posted by: DBCooper Jul 10 2010, 08:39 AM

Could it be? Some time ago there was a question about carb cleaners from someone who couldn't find Berrymans. I haven't tried this myself, but I'm impressed. These are photos from a thread on an adventure motorcycle site. Motorcycles spend their winters in the garage along with lawn equipment, so they have almost annual problems with gummed carburetors. After some years of crap on top of crap they add up to be pretty big problems. So some of those guys are soaking their carburetors in Pine Sol, either straight or dilluted 2-1 with water, and getting this:

Before:



After:



Closer:





From the photos I wouldn't be able to tell you that wasn't done in a real tank. What's especially impressive is that it's not supposed to damage rubber or plastic parts, which is astounding to me. The whole thread is here: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=560117

I repeat I haven't tried this myself, but I'm going to, Real Soon Now.

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Posted by: tod914 Jul 10 2010, 08:45 AM

Castoroil ? spellling on that one.. cuts grease well too. Have no clue how good it is for car applications though other than cleaning wheels.

Posted by: zymurgist Jul 10 2010, 08:53 AM

Whoa, now that's cool! I'll have to remember than when I take the carbs off the Yamaha XS750.

Posted by: stepuptotheMike Jul 10 2010, 09:07 AM

wow... that's really impressive. While I've got a whole bunch of other stuff to work on my car before I pull of my carbs, I've got an old weber progressive sitting on the shelf that I might just try this out with just to see what kind of results I can actually get. The guy in that thread said that he let it sit overnight and got those results.

Mike

Posted by: stepuptotheMike Jul 10 2010, 09:08 AM

and after just watching Dr. Evil's transmission rebuild video... wonder if this would work to clean the heck out of a transmission case. I've got a spare one of those too.....

Mike

Posted by: 9146986 Jul 10 2010, 10:14 AM

I'd want to make sure I got all the pinesol/water cleaned out.

Posted by: KaptKaos Jul 10 2010, 10:42 AM

I was the guy looking for Berrymans. Why couldn't you have posted this two weeks ago!! =)

This looks worth trying!

Posted by: jmill Jul 10 2010, 11:34 AM

Think of the possibilities.




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Posted by: pilothyer Jul 10 2010, 02:03 PM

Also works quite well for cleaning your concrete where that oil dripped out.

Posted by: Mark Henry Jul 10 2010, 02:25 PM

For a surgery I had to drink 1-1/2 oz. of caster oil, sure cleans you out.
You know the little crack between the seat and the bowl...shit sprayed out with force of 3000 PSI. Half way though may my total evacuation of all bodily fluids I puked up any fluids left (plus half my colon) and in mid puke, what was left of that nasty crap reached out, grabbed that puke (and half colon) and slammed it down my throat and out my asshole.....

Should work good on carbs.

Posted by: zymurgist Jul 10 2010, 02:30 PM

TMI

Posted by: Mark Henry Jul 10 2010, 02:47 PM

No shit.

Posted by: buhs914 Jul 10 2010, 03:22 PM

HAHAHA That's a nasty, but hilarious, mental image. 3000 PSI!? hahahahaha

Posted by: bembry Jul 10 2010, 05:22 PM

Dude--you have a gift with words! I'm still laughing my ass off.

Posted by: kwales Jul 10 2010, 05:29 PM

So if I do this,

Will my carbs make a flushing soud when I move the lever???/

Posted by: avidfanjpl Jul 10 2010, 08:57 PM

Mark,

I am laughing so hard I can hardly type this!

That was some description!

Made me lose track of the pine sol information!

Better than a lot of fart jokes in movies.

TMI? Yes, but hilarious!

Seriously though, I have been there getting prepped for surgery once. 1992.

Worst thing I have ever experienced. Hurt for a year.

John
avidfanjpl

Posted by: Mark Henry Jul 11 2010, 12:49 AM

The best part is it was in Vancouver during Expo '86.....I got to see Chuck and Di then it was up-chuck and die.

About a year later I had to have the same procedure, different hospitial, when I told the doctor/nurses the story they were all like WTF would they do that for??.....

Evil laughed his ass off when I told him the story...prick.

Posted by: DBCooper Jul 11 2010, 08:54 AM

No, but you will get a fresh piney scent. Unless of course Mark's been there. I'm pretty sure there's no solution for that.

Posted by: Tom Jul 11 2010, 09:44 AM

Ha,Ha, Mark,
That is too funny.
I had to drink a half gallon of "go lightly". Yea right, going lightly was definitely the wrong name! Think I lost 10 lbs.
Tom