Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

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scottyisback44

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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

Thats insane. I'd rather remove the carbs and give them a decent cleaning rather than run the risk of doing something like that.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

You can run Seafoam regularly in your fuel. It cleans your carbs.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

Not advised but Seafoam is a better choice. The B-12 chemtrol will attack plastics.

Seafoam is good for de-carbing a motor and cleaning carbon deposits. Removing and rebuilding carbs is the best way to clean them AND not letting old fuel sit in a carb is even better advice.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

Unfortunately seafoam cant check for worn needles,adjust floats or replace gaskets but there working on it.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

I run seafoam sporadically just as a preventive maintenance thing.

Seafoam(or anything else) should never be substituted for a good old-fashioned "get your hands dirty" carb cleaning.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

You can run Seafoam regularly in your fuel. It cleans your carbs.
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If a jet is stopped up nothing you can buy and add to fuel will clean it!!!! It has to be open for the fuel and cleaner to pass thru and remove the deposit. I have rebuilt several motors this year for this reason, customers added cleaners to fuel and thought it would clean the jet and motors ran lean and seized pistons. Additives are good for idle problems and keeps clean systems clean in my book ... they are all snake oil in my opinion.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

Carbs are easy to remove and clean, I'd do it just for piece of mind .... then run Seafoam or an enzyme addative to keep them clean. Carb kits are cheap too, while your at it ..... just sayin'. If you do have varnish, as stated above, it's tough stuff.
 
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Re: Using carb cleaner in your fuel mix

Faztbullet said:
If a jet is stopped up nothing you can buy and add to fuel will clean it!!!! It has to be open for the fuel and cleaner to pass thru and remove the deposit.
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I agree.

Not to mention....no "cleaner" is going to be able to remove a piece of dirt or deteriorated fuel line debris etc that clogs a jet/passage.
 
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