Yamaha Carb Cleaner Trick - Questions
 

A couple quick questions as I will be performing this "trick" soon:

1. Can you put too much of the cleaner in the carbs and it go into the engine and eat something important?

2. If some stays up in the gas lines will it melt them?

3. If 1 and 2 can happen, how do you know when you have put enough in there?

4. When adding the cleaner to the bike should it be on a rear stand or kickstand (my only two options) or does it matter?

May be beatin a dead horse but I really don't wanna screw my bike up

If you drain the float bowls all the way and use the gas line to put the cleaner in you should have no problem. In theory, the float needle will cut off the flow when the bowl is full of the cleaner. No, the cleaner is not supposed to damage rubber or o-rings, so your fuel line should be safe. Use the stand. Take it off the stand when shaking(as others have suggested).

Thanks for the input motojoe.

I see you are from charlotte NC. I grew up in liberty NC about a straight shot up highway 49 north for about an hour

It's a lot more fun to pull the carbs to clean them.:rolleyes:

Despite what other forum members have said, you cannot get AIDS from pulling carbs and cleaning them properly.

No, I just get a sore back...but then I'm an old fart.

It sure does run great after the job is done though.

Been throught there a time or two, or twenty.

What the *bleeeep* do you guys have in your fuel anyways?!

My bike can sit for three months without anything done to it and I just punch the button and ride it... Done that every year for winter storage...

Yeah, it will cough and sputter until the gas sitting in the carbs have gone though, but that's it...

So far I haven't needed to clean my carbs more than once, and that was my own fault to boot...

Well... All our gas have been 10% or more corn liquor for the last 15 years around here, so that's not it... It eats older hoses and membranes, but it doesn't change the shelf life noticably....

Yeah... I probably could make do as well if I got it at those prices... But then my bike would still never need cleaning, since I'd ride it around the clock...

This sounds interesteing. Hopefully after the initial "cleaning" my hawk will be good to go for a while but just for kicks and wiggles would blipping the throttle with the carb full of cleaner foul the plugs out?


Fun times right there... If you blinked you missed it :D. Ever stopped at any of the famous eatin places there?




My hawk is a 1998 and it has a little over 11000 miles on it which isn't much. Hopefully the problem is over the years goo has accumulated and partially blocked the slow jet (thanks other members for that help). Won't ever have this problem again FO SHO

Thanks for the help guys.


Oh yeah... About 3 hours ago i pulled the beast apart and filled er up with carb cleaner. will drain either tomorrow evening or thursday after a lotta good shakin.

Be on the lookout for the results of the carb cleaner trick. Also planning to do PAIR removal while all is apart. How loud is the popping supposed to be when the PAIR system is left intact because right now it sounds kinda trashy?

I think you had better start by reading this thread first.. https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...ad.php?t=10950

I saw that mistake as soon as I posted last night but didn't worry with trying to fix it. I'm going to do it this evening. Will this little bit that gets sucked into the jets drain back out or will I need to run the starter for a few revolutions to clear it out once I get everything back together?

and make sure you read the whole thing....... ;)

If I ever have 9 hours of boredom, I will. I did see your many falic symbols that are hilarious! Can't figure out the OGC one though. Maybe my mind isn't dirty enough.