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Carb Cleaner? Ohhhhhhh! Carb Cleaner!

Mr. Belvedere II

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Carb and intake been on my car prolly 7yrs or so. Never once have i ever put anything but gasoline thru that carb. Carb cleaner was known to me, but I never put its use into practice. I guess my carb just didn't look like it needed it. Today with my exhaust problem partially fixed for the time being, my car was still not running too well. It was hesitating and kinda lurchy as though i was missing or had an ignition issue. Within the last month I purchased all new plugs, coil, wires, cap. The whole ignition is new now. So I thought the spark plugs had probably fouled and I'd go and buy new plugs. Or maybe clean and regap to a smaller gap, the ones I have installed now and see if maybe I can just keep the plugs I bought for later. I bought a couple cans of carb cleaner to clean the plugs after I remove them. Well, before I left the auto store, I thought maybe I'll just spray that stuff all over in my carb before I turn the car on. And when the car finally started, it ran so much differently in a good way I was very surprised. I got home and sprayed it in some more with the car running and kinda gunned the motor. Then I took some sea-foam and poured some of that crap in there I'm not sure if it did much.. Then I took out the idle adjustment screws and sprayed cleaner in there too. Overall between the two they did something to make it run much better. Maybe it cleaned fouled plugs, maybe ports in the carb were varnished and it cleaned them out, maybe there were carbon deposits in the manifold and unblocked them. I dunno, but it worked, and worked well. Also this wasn't all that short of a long story, was it?
 
Be careful when your spraying, or just finished spraying carb cleaner. It's very volatile and catches on fire with the slightest spark!
 
An avid drag racer told me...Most 'ignition' problems are fuel related, while most 'fuel' problems are ignition related.
 
Someone told me to use 1 full bottle GUMOUT! carb cleaner in 10 gal gas...I balked....(some guy at advance)...
but thought "try it anyway" they have made it for 50 years , someone is buying it!

Carbon build-up from combustion can clog carburetors, limiting the amount of fuel that reaches the engine. Gumout Carburetor Cleaner prevents carbon build-up on indirect fuel injectors, carburetors, intake valves and ports to maximize performance...

you can see I keep every thing clean!..not poring it in to a POS!

IT FUC#EN WORKED!....so i use it every spring...
just sayin'
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Sea foam is great. I put it with stabil in my cars mowers and boat every fall (then run them a bit). Then on start up in spring. Always amazed how well start up goes (especially) on the mowers and lawn equipment in the spring.
 
The guy I bought my road runner from recommended stabil 360. Half a bottle per fill up. Stabil 360 is supposed to address methanol issues with carb cars. Not sure if it works as it claims, but I'm continuing to follow the seller's advice.
 
I may have posted this previously.
The effects of Stabil.........
I used it in my boat since bought new in '08. All the fuel ran in it has been "ethanol enhanced" unleaded regular. But I've used Stabil (Red) in all of it. Around here you winterize in October and uncover around now. So after 8 years of this I figured it was time to clean the muck out of the carb. This is what I found, you be the judge........
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I may have posted this previously.
The effects of Stabil.........
I used it in my boat since bought new in '08. All the fuel ran in it has been "ethanol enhanced" unleaded regular. But I've used Stabil (Red) in all of it. Around here you winterize in October and uncover around now. So after 8 years of this I figured it was time to clean the muck out of the carb. This is what I found, you be the judge........
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ya, no ****.

I may have posted this previously.
The effects of Stabil.........
I used it in my boat since bought new in '08. All the fuel ran in it has been "ethanol enhanced" unleaded regular. But I've used Stabil (Red) in all of it. Around here you winterize in October and uncover around now. So after 8 years of this I figured it was time to clean the muck out of the carb. This is what I found, you be the judge........
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I may have posted this previously.
The effects of Stabil.........
I used it in my boat since bought new in '08. All the fuel ran in it has been "ethanol enhanced" unleaded regular. But I've used Stabil (Red) in all of it. Around here you winterize in October and uncover around now. So after 8 years of this I figured it was time to clean the muck out of the carb. This is what I found, you be the judge........
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But I don't see any muck
 
do you take it up to the Fox?
The Fox Lake is just too crowded for me. The Fox river around where I live is too shallow for this boats draft. Eats props. Lakes Delavan, Geneva (crowded also), Dells are a few I frequent. Relatives and friends further north in WI make towing it worth the haul.
 
The Fox Lake is just too crowded for me. The Fox river around where I live is too shallow for this boats draft. Eats props. Lakes Delavan, Geneva (crowded also), Dells are a few I frequent. Relatives and friends further north in WI make towing it worth the haul.
My Neighbors yard....
2 jet skis
speed boat
3 lifts
7 picnic tables
"used car lights" strung from house to trees
2 canoe's
2 kayaks
2 grills(giant)
pontoon boat
speakers "boom boom!"
basketball hoop
volleyball nets
campers
porta potties
sleeps 12-20
parks 8 10 cars
piers
swimming raft (deluxe)
and more!!!
all on 60 ft wide lot!
next door to me
...WTF????they are from missouri, illinois, minn, indiana .....5 1/2 weeks of HELL!!!!
it was fun 15 years ago but now there are so many people!!! then, their friends come and bring their boats~~~

need I say more.....I dumped my searay/ and gave my shore station away to a neighbor ....

I just have a pontoon boat and pier please, if you know these people do not come to WI. this is my neighbors yard...the white fence is NOT in their yard...look at the lights!



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ooooo hot tub?? any hotties bouncing around over there?

15 years ago they were ok....their hubby's do NOT come up here with them......I asked , WHY?
they said "60 in TV , ESPN, Frig full of beer, no kids, need I sat more?"
 
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