carbs ultrasonic cleaning, before and after
Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:54 pm
Not that long ago, I bought a set of NC35 carburettors for my NC30. Got them for a good price, they came with the airbox and the grim
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So after seeing a couple of posts here about these ultrasonic cleaning machine, I decided to take the plunge and buy one.
Didn't want to spend big money on such machine, so I got one for £26.95 off fleebay (290513180040). I had to fetch it myself from the courier company....
Was it the right size?
yes and no, you can't submerge a full carb so you need to turn it round and do several cycles of cleaning
Is it efficient?
I'll give 8.5/10
The crap that came out of one single carb body... see first picture below
I used some "Gunk" Engine de-greaser to finish them up.
Would I recommend such cleaning machine?
If you're going to clean a few carbs, then spend the money and buy a bigger machine, if it's just a one off(ish) job, then that small one is more than fine.
There is no way you can clean them just by using some de-greaser alone.
Pictures are worth a thousand words, so a few selected ones:







And for a super mega large picture
http://www.thefroginator.co.uk/fm-pix/a ... AG0278.jpg
Here's a video
As you can see from the color of the liquid... that carb was rather dirty

So after seeing a couple of posts here about these ultrasonic cleaning machine, I decided to take the plunge and buy one.
Didn't want to spend big money on such machine, so I got one for £26.95 off fleebay (290513180040). I had to fetch it myself from the courier company....

Was it the right size?
yes and no, you can't submerge a full carb so you need to turn it round and do several cycles of cleaning
Is it efficient?
I'll give 8.5/10
The crap that came out of one single carb body... see first picture below

I used some "Gunk" Engine de-greaser to finish them up.
Would I recommend such cleaning machine?
If you're going to clean a few carbs, then spend the money and buy a bigger machine, if it's just a one off(ish) job, then that small one is more than fine.
There is no way you can clean them just by using some de-greaser alone.
Pictures are worth a thousand words, so a few selected ones:







And for a super mega large picture
http://www.thefroginator.co.uk/fm-pix/a ... AG0278.jpg
Here's a video
As you can see from the color of the liquid... that carb was rather dirty