Took carbs off, dirt fell into engine - what to do?

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Re: Took carbs off, dirt fell into engine - what to do?

Post by Neosophist » Fri May 30, 2014 3:44 pm

Tornado wrote:Who is this Henry Hoover character?

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Re: Took carbs off, dirt fell into engine - what to do?

Post by AdrenalineJunky » Thu Jun 05, 2014 12:01 pm

Henry snorts everything in sight, the degenerate junkie!

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Re: Took carbs off, dirt fell into engine - what to do?

Post by micpec » Thu Oct 22, 2015 10:37 pm

Happened to me too....i'd just used a long cocktail straw and sucked up the larger pieces gently that did not fall through in the cylinder chamber when the inlet was closed or half open, the rest i left in it. No issues.
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