Cooking your Carbs

mynewbike · Post by **mynewbike** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:06 pm

I hope you guys find this info usefull I'm about to try this on an old set
of Kawi 500 triple carbs

http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:02 am

I have been using Yamaha carb cleaner for well over 40 uears.
The last time I went to the Yamaha shop to get a quart, they told me that they wern't going to sell it any more. I asked them why and the owner of the shop told me "We don't WANT you guys fixin up them old bikes...we want you in here buyin new ones"
I promptly told him to go F*ck himself and told everyone I knew about his silly ass.
You can get it on line though and it is truely the best way to clean carbs. period. end of story

yamaweezle · Post by **yamaweezle** » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:15 am

that guy isn't lying about that berrymann's cleaner...that stuff stinks to high heaven...i'll remember that technique next time i run across an old bike needing a home...

KontoBoy · Post by **KontoBoy** » Sat Jul 22, 2006 7:28 pm

I "cooked" my carb with the Yamaha carb cleaner. Damn that stuff is potent--toulene and all those other great carcinogenic solvents. Burns the skin on contact.

XT350 carb--pretty dirty, espeically in the float bowl. Did a good job of getting all the surface dirt and grim. Didn't do so well with some oxidation inside the bowl (had bowl removed). All the rubber and plastic pieces came out fine with the exception of a couple clear plastic drain hoses that went opaque and stiffened up (but still useable).

After cooking I funneled the soup back into a plactic jug--hope that stuff doesn't melt a hole in it.

Kontoboy

dragracer1951 · Post by **dragracer1951** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:25 am

I have always mixed yamaha carb cleaner 50/50 with water and put hte carbs in, heat to just before boil and hold there for twenty min.
Works a treat...

KontoBoy · Post by **KontoBoy** » Sun Jul 23, 2006 2:29 pm

Welcome back stranger!

I did a 1 to 3 mix--needed to add enough water to get the carb covered. still plenty potent.

Kontoboy

sydewayspiral · Post by **sydewayspiral** » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:06 pm

at my shop we use the yami sh*t to but straight and heated just b4 boil oooh its so good cleans out the sinuses to ! make sure it well vented

Stig · Post by **Stig** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:44 am

anyone got a link to this stuff plz

I was same,...using the Yam fuel stabilizer over winter. UNTIL the dealer told me they were no longer gonna stock it (meaning more work for them come springtime)

Post by **FZRDude** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 2:59 am

http://www.parkeryamaha.com/index.asp?P ... odID=27423

Stig · Post by **Stig** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:39 pm

thanks