Warning! Clean the carburetors in a well-ventilated area, and take care that there is no sparks or flame anywhere near the working area; this includes any appliance with a pilot light. Because of the danger of highly flammable liquids, do not use gasoline or low flash-point solvents to clean the carburetors.
Caution!
- Do not use compressed air on an assembled carburetor, or the floats may be crushed by the pressure, and the vacuum piston diaphragms may be damaged.
- Remove as many rubber or plastic parts from the carburetor as possible before cleaning the carburetor with a cleaning solution. This will prevent damage to or deterioration of the parts.
- The carburetor body has plastic parts that cannot be removed. Do not use a strong carburetor cleaning solution which could attack these parts; instead, use a mild high flash-point cleaning solution safe for plastic parts.
- Do not use wire or any other hard instrument to clean carburetor parts, especially jets, as they may be damaged.
Disassemble the carburetor.
Immerse all the metal parts in a carburetor cleaning solution.
Rinse the parts in water.
When the parts are clean, dry them with compressed air.
Blow through the air and fuel passages with compressed air.
Assemble the carburetor.