What are the Odds...?
Great day in the morning, here in KY. Got a billion things to do- way more than the million I had before retiring ! One is replace the Genset carb. on a '98 "A" Coachmen. A Cummins-Onan mechanic...
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Cloud Dancer wrote:
Do carburetors really wear out? Really?
I always simply take them apart and use a specific chemical to dissolve the gummy varnish that is left over when you let the gasoline dry out of the carburetor. This hard varnish is hard to get out of the important passages.
But, there's a procedure that works. Beats paying for a new carburetor.
Yes, they do wear out. But there is only one part (maybe 2) that ever does, and that is the throttle shaft getting loose in the carb housing, so much so that it will suck air, (and dirt) and cause a poor idle, I'm not familiar w/ onan carbs, so they may not even have a throttle shaft and valve, some carbs don't. But that is the only reason I have ever needed to replace a carb on a small engine. mostly Kohler.
