Carb Cleaning with "white gas"?

[Dave_K]

I was talking with an old Northwoods outboard repair guy and small marine store owner last Sept. 2020, about cleaning my carbs with Gumout before my trip. He said "you don't need any of that expensive stuff, just run some white gas through the carbs and it'll clean them right up". I was clueless. Any idea what he meant??

 

[dwco5051]

Can't believe that there is someone else my age still living and knows of white gas. I was a pump jockey at an Amoco station in the mid-50's and white gas was Amoco's stock in trade. Nothing more than regular gas with the aromatics removed thus the clear color. Worked great in Coleman stoves and lanterns. A tank of white gas every so often will not clean a gummed up carb. Some refer to Naphtha as white gas too.