I've been using Yamalube as a carb dip because it does not damage the rubber parts of the carb, but it sounds like Javier is talking about a different product. This stuff is more like detergent than MEK.
To summarize, it sounds like you're all saying that Yamaha makes another product that actually prescribes the gasoline/carb cleaner ratio and the time to leave it in the carbs, but this product is nothing more than MEK, which is available commercially in hardware stores. Is that it? I'm familiar with MEK because I used to use it to clean paint brushes when I was a kid. Or is it that Javier is talking about a Yamaha carb cleaning product that can be used in that way but it is not the prescribed use? If it's the latter, can you recommend a gas/cleaner ratio and sitting time in the carbs? Thanks. On Saturday, October 12, 2013 8:51:47 PM UTC-4, EGrider wrote: > > I read somewhere, maybe on this forum, of a technique of running a bike on > a hand-held bottle of gas and pouring in Sea Foam until the engine stalls. > Then you let it sit for a while, finally emptying the carb bowls and then > reattaching the main gas tank. Sounded worth a try, so I decided to do the > little experiment this afternoon. > > I actually used a turkey baster from the dollar store with the bulb > removed on about an 18-inch length of gas line, so it didn't have a lot of > gasoline to work with. I watched the gas going down and started pouring in > the Sea Foam. I was ready for the thing to choke and die, but it never did. > It started belching smoke out the exhaust pipes, but it just kept running. > I dropped the hose to the floor and nothing came out, meaning that it was > running off Sea Foam in the bowls, but it kept running. I shut the bike > off, picked up the turkey baster, filled it back up with gasoline, and ran > the bike again until the smoking stopped. Hmm, not what I expected. > > I've read Sea Foam is supposed to be light oil, naphtha, and isopropyl > alcohol. Will a bike really run on that, or did I never get close enough to > straight Sea Foam to choke the bike? Thoughts? I really don't have time to > pull the carbs if I don't have to. Get I get the technique wrong? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
