Not if it won't run. The seafoam can only clean where it can flow through. So if you're idle passages are blocked then you have to pull the carbs. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: CharlesW <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 05:34:48 To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Just started cleaning my carbs Allen: Will a fuel system cleaner added to the gas do anything towards cleaning the idle circuit you refer to? I really don't want to pull off my carburetors. Been there, done that. :( Charles On Jan 6, 10:33 pm, Allen Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't get the carb cleaner on the rubber parts,it pulls the oils from the > rubber and makes them brittle, example: the diaphragms you didn't remove.. > My experience was that the idle circuit passages are usually what gets > clogged, if you look at the engine side of the carburator barrels you will > see some small holes (open the butterflies) these are the ones. Though if > you have the carbs off the bike anyway you should probably take the time to > remove the float bowls and clean the main and slow jets too. The best way to > clean these passages is to remove the pilot jet screws (turn in to > LIGHTLY SEATED first recording the # turns), and the choke plungers, then > alternate shooting carb cleaner with compressed air, until you are satisfied > that air/fluid shoots out of all of them equally well. Make sure you wear > eye protection as the liquid can get you in the face real easy. If you can't > get fluid to squirt out of these holes then you will need to soak the carbs > which will require a full tear down, and that is a bit of work. also if you > remove them from the bar you will have to completely re-sync them. I > have read that cooking them in a crock pot full of pinesol or lemon juice on > low, does wonders and won't destroy the rubber/plastic parts, but I have > never tried it. > > Oh yea, empty the tank of the old crud gas, clean the petcock (look for rust > particles as you may have to clean/seal you're tank), replace any inline > filters, get a can of seafoam and run that through you're first tank of > fresh fuel, and put in some seafoam/stabil if you are not going to run the > bike for more than two weeks. > > Thats my recommendations anyway, Welcome to the group, and post some > pictures! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
