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I'm looking for a good carb cleaner. One that comes in the gallon or more with the basket so you could disassemble, soak it and everything comes out looking like new. Any such animal left out there?

Originally Posted by Bouncer

One that comes in the gallon or more with the basket so you could disassemble, soak it and everything comes out looking like new. Any such animal left out there?

Have you checked your local auto parts store? The Advance Auto near me still has the 'cleaning bucket' that you described. I believe it's made by Gunk????

Mike

I personally like Berrymans. It comes in one gal. and five I believe. I know five gals. for sure. If you want it to last dont clean any other car parts, and keep it covered. Just my two pennys

Originally Posted by Bouncer

I'm looking for a good carb cleaner. One that comes in the gallon or more with the basket so you could disassemble, soak it and everything comes out looking like new. Any such animal left out there?

This may get some negative comments, but if you disassemble it completely and remove all plastic/rubber parts you can actually boil it clean. I had it explained to me and decided to try it on a Rochester 2V in the late 70's. I was amazed how clean it came out.

In a pot deep enough to cover everything with a couple of inches of room for a rolling boil, put all of your metal parts in the pot, cover with water and add a cup of Tide or other strong laundry detergent. Bring it to a strong rolling boil, and after a bit you will see that the suds are turning black, slimy and ugly - add another cup of Tide. As I recall I added about three cups of Tide before the rolling boil stayed off-white vs nasty black, but it may have been more. I boiled mine for about an hour, let it sit a while and then washed it down with cold water to cool. I will say that you'd be advised to do this on a camp stove outside vs using the kitchen, as the aroma is not the most pleasant I did mine as a bachelor in warm weather (windows open to vent the fumes), and none of the neighbors asked to come for dinner that night.... Sure did have a clean carburetor though...

I do th same thing now and boil them outside with tide, works good . I never do enough carbs to keep a carb pail around.

I've used the 5gal CRC and Gunk, they are kinda ok. I've never used the barrymore, i've heard it smells awful. My best luck is with the cleaner that you get along with alodine, i don't know what that stuff is but it is impressive! I don't leave stuff in there long because it is some kind of caustic and i preclean with carb spray befor i put anything in there because i want it to work on the tuff stuff and not just normal grime. Drop a carb body in there and pull it out after a few minutes and rinse it off and it is about spotless. I've seen it eat rust off the steel 2bbl throttle plates, like on a stromberg or a holly 94.

I purchased the Berrymans. It looked the same as the good old carb soak but worked and smelled different. Took a lot longer (3 day's) then it used to with the good old stuff but worked at getting out the crust from moisture.

The Gunk brand is good for oil and grime removal but that's about it and the last time I boiled a carb on the stove was just before the divorce.
I need to buy another camp stove. They are not just for camping anymore!

Thanks for all the replies.

just kidding

About 35 years ago my X brother in law (18 or so at the time) "boiled out" a carb on the kitchen stove using gasoline. It took forever for the insurance to pay, but the new kitchen looked really good. Not sure about how the carb looked

Russ

Originally Posted by Bouncer

I need to buy another camp stove. They are not just for camping anymore.

If you have a gas BBQ grill with a side burner, wouldn't that work as well?

Mike

Cool I`ll have to try the boil out method, I `ve used berrymans, like they said it smells awful, and like the odor adheres to your clothes....

i use to buy "cold parts cleaner" at the local auto part store in a 5 gallon can with basket.i went to aout zone the other day.here they have a bunch off grandma's working there.needless to say i walked out empty handed.

Originally Posted by lotsatoys

About 35 years ago my X brother in law (18 or so at the time) "boiled out" a carb on the kitchen stove using gasoline. It took forever for the insurance to pay, but the new kitchen looked really good. Not sure about how the carb looked

Russ

Good one, Russ.