Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Where have you been all my life. I haven't had to deep clean a carb in a while, and back when I did it more frequently I use to go over to a bike mechanic buddies house that had some berryman carb dip. He ran out of the old stuff and said you can't get it anymore, but he told me to try pinesol. So I went to the corner store, bought a bottle of pine sol with 1/2" layer of dust on it, and filled up the ultra sonic to let it run.
Here's how it came out of the bath after 30 minutes. For some context, it was thickly caked with green varnish, and 2 different kinds of spray carb cleaner didn't even touch it. I didn't get a before pic, because I wasn't planning on documenting this, but picture a carb that has sat with modern gas in it for 6-7 years.....It was gross.
Carb reasembled, tank cleaned out of old gas, and the old mower started right up first turn of the key. I now have some happy kids that have something to drive around on.
Now I have to pull the carb off that swisher tow behind in the background and do the same to get it running to sell. Plus another old mower I have because they both want one now.......I'll try an get a before/after pic again, as I'm sure that swisher carb is similar.
Just wanted to share, I'd never heard of using pinesol before, and was skeptical, but really impressed that it works so great. I've tried mean green, and purple power type stuff before in the ultrasonic, and while they DO work, not nearly as good as this. A task I normally dread, has now become enjoyable. Give me another week or two and I might have all the old junk around here purring like a kitten lol.
Here's how it came out of the bath after 30 minutes. For some context, it was thickly caked with green varnish, and 2 different kinds of spray carb cleaner didn't even touch it. I didn't get a before pic, because I wasn't planning on documenting this, but picture a carb that has sat with modern gas in it for 6-7 years.....It was gross.
Carb reasembled, tank cleaned out of old gas, and the old mower started right up first turn of the key. I now have some happy kids that have something to drive around on.
Now I have to pull the carb off that swisher tow behind in the background and do the same to get it running to sell. Plus another old mower I have because they both want one now.......I'll try an get a before/after pic again, as I'm sure that swisher carb is similar.
Just wanted to share, I'd never heard of using pinesol before, and was skeptical, but really impressed that it works so great. I've tried mean green, and purple power type stuff before in the ultrasonic, and while they DO work, not nearly as good as this. A task I normally dread, has now become enjoyable. Give me another week or two and I might have all the old junk around here purring like a kitten lol.
