How to flush carbs?

[Yanosh]

Is there a quick easy way of flushing carbs? or do they need to be pulled apart, soaked, etc

[riffer]

Ultrasonic (http://www.ultrasonicclean.f9.co.uk/ultrasonic-carburettor-cleaning.htm). But I'm buggered if I know who would do it in NZ.

Not hard to clean carbs mate. You may even enjoy it.

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[Trudes]

yep. I quite enjoy doing it too.... until I squirt brakekleen in my eyes!!

[riffer]

Part 2.

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[riffer]

Part 3

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[riffer]

Part 4.

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[Pedrostt500]

Some bike shops are able to sonicly claen your carbs, this gets out crap that you never normaly would, if your carbs are Vacume operated, you must at all costs not squirt with carb cleaner or wash with petrol, as the rubber diaphrams in the top of the carbs, as they perish easily, and some of these diaphrames are not easy to get for some older bikes.

[robinm]

some years ago I discovered, by accident, an excellent way to clean carbs. I bought a bike that had been sitting outside, under no cover, with the fuel cap open. Anyway the complete fuel system was completely full of water. I thought geez what a mission this was going to be to sort out. I removed the carbs and pulled the bowls off and to my surprise I found the carb internals to be in MINT clean condition. So I thought maybe it was the water doing it, so I grabbed a pair of carbs I had here, separated them put one back under the bench and dropped the other into a bucket of water. I left it undisturbed in the bucket for a month then took it and the one under the bench and stripped both of them. The one I had in water was perfectly clean, whereas the one from under the bench needed a full clean. I have used this method a few times since and it does work well ( in fact I have a set of GSXR carbs in the bucket at the moment) The only drawback of this method is that it takes time, the carbs have to be completely submerged for at least a week, preferably longer. A good winter time job when ya bikes parked up.

[TygerTung]

You can get these ultrasonic cleaners quite cheap on trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/searchresults.aspx?searchType=all&searchString=ultrasonic+cleaner&x=16&y=6&searchRegion=100&type=Search&sort_order=price_asc

[FilthyLuka]

You can get these ultrasonic cleaners quite cheap on trademe:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/searchresults.aspx?searchType=all&searchString=ultrasonic+cleaner&x=16&y=6&searchRegion=100&type=Search&sort_order=price_asc

Can you get one that will fit a 4 carb rail though? cause the ones they have on there may be able to fit one if you are lucky

[Rodney007]

getting in there and cleaing your own carbs, is like sitting it down and having a hot coco by the fire, learn as you go along!, just remeber where things go

[CB ARGH]

On the old XR100's I always just took them apart and used fuel to clean them... and got out the air compressor (hoping that it doesn't shoot small fragments at 100 miles an hour onto the carby) and blew through all the small holey pipey things etc.

I'm amazed... wouldn't the bucket of water rust it? :confused:

Learn something every day... except I couldn't handle a month with the carby in the bucket!!! :stupid: