Best way to clean an old/dirty carburator
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Well, I finally was able to get my 1984 Honda Aero 125 out of storage and bring it down to school to work on it. I remembered having troubles with the carburator so that's the first thing I took a look at.
I found this.



I've heard of a few things you can do but i'm not sure which would work best, or if some of them would even work.
Should I soak it in gas? Soak it in Carb Cleaner? Seafoam? Coca-Cola?
Or should I take the long road and search for a new carburator that could replace this one, or TRY to find a rebuild kit which I'm sure will be impossible.
I found this.



I've heard of a few things you can do but i'm not sure which would work best, or if some of them would even work.
Should I soak it in gas? Soak it in Carb Cleaner? Seafoam? Coca-Cola?
Or should I take the long road and search for a new carburator that could replace this one, or TRY to find a rebuild kit which I'm sure will be impossible.
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Do it right the first second time!


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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lYellowDragonl »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">soak it in anything and scrub
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lol, thanks. Any other advice?
</TD></TR></TABLE>lol, thanks. Any other advice?
once aluminum starts to oxidize its pretty much gone, I dont see that here... use a parts washer and go to town with the bristles. you can also source a need old stock part or a race upgrade part
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since you said that you were taking the bike to school i am imagining that the school is a shop and i am willing to bet their is a solvent tank. scrub the **** out of it in the solvent tank and then spray it out with brake cleaner. this **** will eat somes stuff off and it evaporates. check it over to make sure it is all clean and then get a rebuild kit and go to town.
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