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Chatting => Equipment Shed => Topic started by: engineer on April 18, 2012, 17:01

Title: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: engineer on April 18, 2012, 17:01

I have been trying to track down a set of jet cleaners for a honda gx120 carb, but to no avail, would oxy-acet nozzle cleaners do the job, the given sizes for the jets are 0.5mm 0.020" and 0.3mm 0.012"

cheers dave

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: smud6ie on April 18, 2012, 18:17

I would not,my oxy nozzel cleaners are like round rasps and may make the jet hole larger or could snap off.Oxy cleaners have to remove welding slag and there is not going to be anything blocking a carb jet that requires such a drastic tool.
smud6ie

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: Gwiz on April 18, 2012, 18:36

ditto the above. :)

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: Dopey113 on April 18, 2012, 20:26

You can get carb cleaner from Halfords
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_202903_langId_-1_categoryId_255221
 (http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_202903_langId_-1_categoryId_255221)

Ebay, Local parts dealers, garages,loads of places

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: Vit on April 19, 2012, 15:13

Is aceton not avaliable anymore? Leave jets overnight in the aceton, than clean up with pressured air. Repeat until jet clean.

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: Kleftiwallah on April 19, 2012, 15:51

How about using a Tilly lamp pricker !   8)   Pick them up at a decent ironmongers.     Cheers,    Tony.

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: engineer on April 22, 2012, 12:16

Thanks for the replies, however having failed to track down any honda jet cleaners (or any others) I bit the bullet and used my nozzel cleaners (carefully) and the carb cleaner. Hey presto i have now got a running engine.

Just one footnote. the amount of gunge and hard deposits on all surfaces, looking like sand, inside the bowl and jets, was caused, i have since found out by the breakdown of the fuel and  the previous owner not draining the fuel system and then leaving it to stand for 2years

lesson to be learned, if an engine is to be stood for any length of time drain the fuel system

Title: Re: Carb jet cleaner
Post by: grendel on April 22, 2012, 13:23

I always turn the fuel off then let the engine run until it dies as I turn it off for the last time of the day, this generally empties the bowl of the carb.
Grendel