Soaking Onan Carb in Acetone?

lane hog wrote:
Assuming I do a tear down and remove the seals/plastics, has anyone had good or bad experiences with small engine carbs and acetone?

I've got what I suspect is a gummed carb on my Onan 4K, after it had an unexpected time out where I couldn't exercise the gen monthly and didn't have an opportunity to drain the bowl.

The gen runs, but surges under a load and dies usually after 20-30 minutes. I've tested the fuel pump and filter, and both seem to be fine, so I'm moving on to pulling the carb and doing a soak.

These folks

Call and see what they say.
I've never seen any coatings on carb parts that will be harmed by Acetone, If they are painted on the outside that will come off, but who wold care?
Carb parts are usually white pot metal, and needs no extra coatings to make them fuel proof. In some cases the metal is etched with a 6% chromic acid this will leave a tea colored stain for better paint adhesion, that will not be removed by acetone.