Pine Sol as degreaser / carb cleaner

Definitely like the after much more than before. Great Job. Have to keep pine sol in mind. Before cleaning the tank, you may want to borrow a fish eye scope and inspect it to see if it any extra work on the tank is needed.

Those are from your 1984 Honda Sabre VF700S? I thought I was seeing things, as my son and I just dropped the carbs from a newly acquired 1982 Honda Sabre VF750S into a bucket on Pine Sol last night. Did you drop them in all assembled like that? Ours were a mess. We pulled the jets and everything else we could.

I left the carbs assembled as a rack but removed the jets, floats, diaphragms, needles, etc. For me it was easier to keep the parts matched up for each carb if I left them assembled and I numbered them. One spot that almost got me was after I thought the jets were clear and I started installing them. I backed up a step, held each one up to a light, and found one that was plugged solid. The only way I could clear it was to use the wire twist tie from a loaf of bread (after burning off the plastic coating).

I also had a float valve stuck in its bore. After soaking for 22 hours in Pine Sol it came out easily.

All in all, it worked out well.

I see that Metal Rescue is available at Home Depot so that's easy enough. Where do you pick up citric acid? Home Depot's site does not list it...

Citric acid = orange juice?

Fairly equal in that they both do the job, and are acids, but they are not the same chemical.
Mmm Mmmm. Honey, this sure is a tasty White Vinegar Meringue pie.

White vinegar is acetic acid, not citric

Oops , perhaps that's why things taste funny around here.... The wife is probably trying to kill me.:huh
Citric acid = orange juice? Probably not good for cleaning carbs, though....

Well you don't actually use OJ.

Citric acid can be bought in crystal form and you mix it up into a solution when your ready to use some.

http://www.wikihow.com/Prepare-Citric-Acid-Solution

I bought bulk citric acid from www.hardrhino.com when I refinished the
cedar siding on my home. Turns out citric acid has many uses.

Closer. I prefer lemon. As mentioned above you can buy crystalized cirtic acid, but lemon juice is also a good source of fairly strong citric acid, and has been a mainstay for boiling carbs for generations of motorcyclists.

Citric Acid can be picked up in any brewer/distiller/wine maker supply store in bulk as well.

I love Pine Sol! Smells good

Yes and no. They have several different scents now.

Well, the scent can be overwhelming after a while....but is aight

Do they have vanilla scent

Denture cleaning tablets also contain citric acid.
Drop a couple down the loo and leave overnight to clean it.
$3 for 90 at Wal-Mart.

Yeah! Always loved the smell of the Port Authority Men's loo...

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