A few weeks ago I found my idling problem was due to a buildup of a yellowish paste I called 'carburetor cheese' in and around the idle air intake (and nowhere else, oddly).
The collective wisdom of the Afourians opined that it was some kind of ethanol additive buildup. If this is going to be a problem we experience increasingly, then I've been thinking we need a way to deal with it - hopefully without a full carb tear down and rebuild.
Idea 1 - partially detatch carb so a source of suction can be attached at the manifold end - ie shop vac? and pump carb cleaner in through the fuel line.
Carb cleaner fumes would probably melt the shop vac, try an all metal vacuum cleaner? - if they still exist.
Idea 2 - detach the carb and fill the throat with carb cleaner/acetone or some other solvent, plugging both ends, and let it soak.
any opinions?
The collective wisdom of the Afourians opined that it was some kind of ethanol additive buildup. If this is going to be a problem we experience increasingly, then I've been thinking we need a way to deal with it - hopefully without a full carb tear down and rebuild.
Idea 1 - partially detatch carb so a source of suction can be attached at the manifold end - ie shop vac? and pump carb cleaner in through the fuel line.
Carb cleaner fumes would probably melt the shop vac, try an all metal vacuum cleaner? - if they still exist.
Idea 2 - detach the carb and fill the throat with carb cleaner/acetone or some other solvent, plugging both ends, and let it soak.
any opinions?
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