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Duck Diggler
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:28 pm Posts: 241 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
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 Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
any suggestions on fluids/ liquids that I could add to the gas to try and clean out the carb with out taking the carb off to clean?
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MaXXis85
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:23 am Posts: 6233 Location: Tarkington, TX
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
Soapy Water!! 
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 7:04 am |
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D Duck
MMT Member
Joined: Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:46 pm Posts: 35
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
SeaFoam - mechanic in a can.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:38 am |
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River
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:34 am Posts: 1092 Location: Unaffiliated, SETX group has caused me to renounce my Texas Citizenship
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
You can try Sea-Foam or any of the commercial additives.
But odds are if it is gummed up it is going to stay that way.
can you get it to run at all or I guess I should say what exactly is it doing?
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 1:15 pm |
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Duck Diggler
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Joined: Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:28 pm Posts: 241 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
She will run but, when I am in the water and put her in gear she trys to die. I have to rev up the rpms a little to get her to not die.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:05 pm |
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POKER1
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:02 pm Posts: 6243 Location: Bossier City
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
What is your idle RPMs? Maybe turning it up a little might help.
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Tue Jun 23, 2009 9:15 pm |
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itmsuk2bu
MMT Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 9:43 am Posts: 14
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
where is the best place to buy seafoam
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:21 pm |
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deadbird8
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:50 pm Posts: 3833 Location: Old East Dallas, Texas
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:34 pm |
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LOWRY
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:18 am Posts: 296
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 Re: Bad Gas, Carbs clogged!
I think the ethanol is the culprit. Pulled the carb off of a lawn mower the other day and it was all funked up. Brake cleaner barely touched the stuff.
Buddy of mine said that Chevron (I think) is the only one that does not add ethanol to their gas. Suggested buying all small engine gas from them to avoid the problems associated with gummed up carbs.
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:38 pm |
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Silkpower
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Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:18 pm Posts: 18
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Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:54 pm |
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