ultra sonic carb cleaning?

[crracer]

hey guys i have an idea dont know if its good or bad. but here it is. using an ultra sonic cleaning machine to clean carbs. i thought of this when i was thinking on how to get in to all the places to clean my carb. i dont like using the cem dip bucket i think it makes a biger mess and it tarnishes all the brass parts. has any one tried this method befor? i know they use them to clean fuel injectors and jewlry. i didnt know if i should try it or not. dont think it will hurt the carbs any. let me know what you guys think

 

[Nordin]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

Yes I allways use a cleaning machine and it is a Finsonic brand and contains about 2 liters. This is the best method to use BUT buying a cleaning machine that use high freqency is expensive. A Finsonic that I use costs from 500 dollars and up.
I use water as cleaning liqiued nothing else and the Finsonic has a heatingfunction that warms the water.
It has never faild cleaning a carb and I have use it more than five years.

 

[Capt Ken]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

You're behind the times. Ultrasonic has been in the repair shops for years cleaning carbs. Chemical dips is old school and can't be used with the newer fuel components. I use Simple Green and water in mine.

 

[oldboat1]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

just heard about use of PineSol, mixed with water about 50/50 (J&E thread, lister HighTrim). I'm going to be using that with the next carb I work on. I only do the oldies (always used lacquer thinner for anything metal), but the PineSol could be a good solution for the plastic component in new carbs, also the old stuff I'm told. I just think less caustic would be nice, if it works. Never used Simple Green either, so might try that (also the orange stuff, which I have up there somewhere).

 

[MickLovin]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

Hey guys, am I kidding myself or could I buy a jewellery cleaner big enough to take one or two carbs, are they good enough to clean carbs

 

[3rdtimesthecharm]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

I use Pine-Sol in a old Crock-Pot. Works great.

 

[jerryjerry05]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

I use Dawn dish soap.
The part I don't like about cleaners and soaks is the top section of the carbs where the welch plugs fit in.
I'm never sure it gets all the way in there unless the plugs are removed????

 

[Nordin]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

With a cleaning machine such as Ultrasonic, Finnsonic or other brands you know that all parts of the carb gets clean.
Because of the high freqency (about 10kHz) all channels, jets, nozzles and so on, get rid of dirt.
BUT 500 dollars and up is expensive so carbclean moister and compressed air is an option.

 

[gm280]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

Any cleaning action is basically because of agitation of the solution against the crud. Whether that is because of the frequency or from other means, it should accomplish the same results. So maybe set up some type of solution with a vibrating attachment and it should work. Strap some type of hand massager/vibrator to a some type of container with the cleaning solution and the carb (disassembled would be best) and I bet it will work equally well... I certainly wouldn't purchase an ultrasonic cleaner for $500 or more just to clean carbonators. But that is just me... I've really never had any problems disassembling the carb(s) and between a can of carb cleaner and an acid brush and some compressed air, they all cleaned up exceptionally well. A strand of cupper wire through small passages and some cleaner and air and everyone worked perfectly. And I have cleaned a ton of carbs over the years too...

 

[oldboat1]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

think jewelry cleaner would work fine (micklovin), but would hate to buy a pan (or crockpot!) full of jewelry cleaner. have to be a wise a** and emphasize that the carb really has to be fully disassembled, as suggested above, or you just end up taking it down again. Picture hanging wire, little wire brush, 400 grit wet/dry sandpaper. The whole thing -- need to take off the expansion plug that jerryjerry talks about too, although it's tempting not to. I find that cleaning out the old packing and whatever else is up in there, it's a pretty good bet that some debris gets into the passages and messes up the low speed operation. Soaking a carb without full disassembly probably won't get at what ails it.

 

[JustJason]

Re: ultra sonic carb cleaning?

I have a sharpertek that I use. Like Capt Ken says, just simple green and water is all that's needed. That being said, if this is just an old 2 stroke carb 99.9% of the time you can just clean them by hand and compressed air. The 4 stroke carbs is when you really have to have an ultrasonic to get them clean. (unless you do a lot of carbs each week).