Industrial strenght carb cleaner

[Big Block Bill]

Originally Posted by Lynn

Loooooong story short. Chem Dip didn't cut it.

I need a really good carb cleaner. Not a spray can. Something I can soak carb parts in. I don't care if it takes off the gold finish. The carbs I am working on are plugged up somewhere, and I don't even know where. It isn't obvious to the naked eye with the carbs completely disassembled, and all jets etc, removed.

This is on my 69 Opel GT 1.1 with dual Solex carbs. I know something is plugged. I have a second set of carbs off of a 1.1 Kadette. I just rebuilt them and installed, and the car runs fine.

A little history. The car ran great in October. Sherri and I took it on an 80 mile round trip one Sat. Got over 40 mpg, and ran perfect. Sat for two weeks right after that trip. Started it up... ran for 3 to 5 seconds and quit. Again, I will spare you the novel, but the bottom line is my spare carbs are now installed and it runs fine. I would like to fix the original carbs.

Soaked all the pieces in Berryman's Chem Dip. Obviously did not clear the clog. I can start swapping parts (tops, bodies, baseplates) to see which part is clogged, but I will still need something to soak the offending parts in to fix the problem.

I have seen some posts on Pine Sol. Anyone try that?

Thanks for any help.

I have been using a White 5 Gallon Cleaner pail I got from Lee Auto Parts (Bumper to Bumper in Michigan)(a Gumout Brand) for years, I don't know if "It's Environmentally Friendly" But... It works AWESOME! Stinks like H.... tho

Bill

[Lynn]

Originally Posted by ScottG

Lynn, I had that same problem on a Boss Mustang that you described. The car ran fine one day and the next it ran on half of the carb. Started it up and revved it up to 2,000 rpm . Put your hand over the carb to stop the airflow , Mine had an air bleed plugged and it sucked whatever it was out and ran fine ..

Scott:

Thanks for the suggestion. I did try that when this first happened. Can't do it now because I am running my spare set of carbs, so these are not on the car. There are three air bleeds on each carb. One for idle, and two for cruising. The idle and one of the cruising air bleeds (the one referred to as the "main air bleed" or "main correction air jet" are removable. The third tiny one is not removable. Very strange. Don't have time this weekend, but when I do get a spare day to play around with these carbs, I will dig in and see what I can find.