Location: Northern Hills of NY
Joined: Aug 25, 2005
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Carb Soak Question Original Message Jan 14, 2010 5:51 pm
I have a Craftsman single stage snow blower which has been sitting for three years now unused with gas in tank. As you can imagine there is plenty of varnish in carb. So I did dismount the gas tank and cleaned it out along with the fuel line . Thats the easy part. My question is what do I soak my carb in to losen up the varnish and crud build up ? By the way I ordered a carb kit which includes needle valve,VITON seat and bowl gasket.
trouts2 Keep up the good work !! Thanks for the Berrymans dip.I let it sit 24 hours. Got everthing back together, set needle valve closed her up,fresh gas and fired right up.
Kudos as well. I love this site! I tried your double-dip on a carb from an old generator that hasn't puffed in two years. It was soaked in Gumout for 48 hours before that, without results. I'll be damned! I now have a reliable 5KW backup to run my pump, furnace, and beer fridge. I owe you one, buddy!
