Soaking Onan Carb in Acetone?
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...
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nineoaks2004 wrote:
do not use acetone unless you want to buy a new carb, there is a coating and acetone will remove it"
Hmmm... I know that in automotive, there's "Carburetor and Choke Cleaner" and then there's "Throttle Body Cleaner." I'm told Throttle Bodies have a coated throat, the air flow area, that has a special (guess what?) COATING that C&C Cleaner will remove but TB Cleaner won't.
I was ready to reply as above: You've got Acetone, you want to try it, so try it. Now I wonder, thinking of Coatings.
I can tell you we had an older ONAN carb that was plugged. I've tinkered small engines for years and I'm pretty good at carburetors. Finally sent this one out to a shop that could clean ultrasonically. They got it running right after I tore it down several times and couldn't.
