fuel additive carb cleaner

hey guys is using something like GUMOUT or the likes good/bad for cleaning carbs? nothings wrong but it is old and i feel the need to push the old built up crap out... so whats the advice for using a fuel additive just once?

 

Seafoam

 

be careful.... if there is a lot in there... you are just going to loosen stuff up that's gonna make it a whole lot worse....

 

Agree with jmiliken. I prefer tecron myself...

 

ive used seafoam in my car (85 pontiac bonneville) brought it back to life! haha... just dont want to mess anything up and cause new problems in my first bike

 

Just a thought, how many carbs/what engine size on the car?

Fairly confident that the jets/passages in the car's carb/carbs are going to be significantly larger & less prone to gumming up or blocking by loosened "sludge" than the fine (sub .020") openings in parts of the bike's carbs. That stuff probably works a lot better on cars :wink:

 

put the fuel valve on prime till the bowls are full, back to run . then open the float bowl drains and catch the gas in a clean glass jar.
if you have some that seem bad go back to prime and flush it out with the drain open

 

right on thanks man

 

My choice is Seafoam also. Worked it through initially with higher concentration and worked well to revive my carbs. Now use it in all my fuel as gas stabilizer at recommended dilution.

 

I used to use Seafoam BUT I found that Stabil works better since it will loosen the crap up while the bike is sitting. Ad it to the gas a few times during the riding season it will make a difference.