OT carburetor question

Posted by Bob Villa on October 26, 2009, 6:59 pm

On Oct 26, 3:10=A0pm, "Stormin Mormon"

> I'll give you fifty bucks if you can prove to me that a
> sodium (or potassium) hydroxide based oven cleaner is
> acidic.
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> =A0www.lds.org
> .
> Oven cleaner would, most likely, dissolve white-metal!!!
> (acids are
> not compatible with aluminum or white-metal)
> bob_v

Ok, it is like lye then...remember the little pieces of aluminum in
DrainO?
If you're holding it in your hand...you won't care much whether it is
an acid or a base!
bob_v

Posted by Bob Villa on October 27, 2009, 7:28 am

> On Oct 26, 3:10=A0pm, "Stormin Mormon"

> > I'll give you fifty bucks if you can prove to me that a
> > sodium (or potassium) hydroxide based oven cleaner is
> > acidic.
> > --
> > Christopher A. Young
> > Learn more about Jesus
> > =A0www.lds.org
> > .

> > Oven cleaner would, most likely, dissolve white-metal!!!
> > (acids are
> > not compatible with aluminum or white-metal)
> > bob_v

> Ok, it is like lye then...remember the little pieces of aluminum in
> DrainO?
> If you're holding it in your hand...you won't care much whether it is
> an acid or a base!
> bob_v

One time I used lye to remove the remnants of a seized piston arm from
a crank journal. I believe it was an 8 HP Tecumseh on a snowblower.
It cleaned-up without adding further damage.

bob_v

Posted by on October 26, 2009, 9:20 pm

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:45:15 -0700 (PDT), Bob Villa

>On Oct 26, 7:22 am, "Stormin Mormon"

>> Years ago, I tried oven cleaner spray for cleaning the green
>> stale gas off a carb. From a mower I'd found on the
>> curbside. Worked slick as can be. I dissembled the carb, and
>> put the pieces in the laundry sink. Sprayed with oven
>> cleaner, wait about three minutes, and rinse completely.
>> Might work for you.
>> --
>> Christopher A. Young
>> Learn more about Jesus
>> www.lds.org
>> .
>> Back in the olden days you could take a carburetor to the
>> shop and
>> they would put it in "the hot tank". It came out looking
>> brand new
>> (the casting). Does anyone know what that chemical was?
>> I know to take a Holley Dual feed you needed a gallon or
>> more of it
>> but I am just interested in little weed eater carbs that
>> would fit in
>> a tea cup.
>> .

>Oven cleaner would, most likely, dissolve white-metal!!! (acids are
>not compatible with aluminum or white-metal)
>bob_v

Oven cleaner is Caustic, not an acid.

Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 26, 2009, 9:30 pm

Hmm. Sounds like some wisdom, there.

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

>Oven cleaner would, most likely, dissolve white-metal!!!
>(acids are
>not compatible with aluminum or white-metal)
>bob_v

Oven cleaner is Caustic, not an acid.

Posted by Bob Villa on October 27, 2009, 8:00 am

On Oct 26, 8:20=A0pm, cl...@snyder.on.ca wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 05:45:15 -0700 (PDT), Bob Villa

> >On Oct 26, 7:22=A0am, "Stormin Mormon"

> >> Years ago, I tried oven cleaner spray for cleaning the green
> >> stale gas off a carb. From a mower I'd found on the
> >> curbside. Worked slick as can be. I dissembled the carb, and
> >> put the pieces in the laundry sink. Sprayed with oven
> >> cleaner, wait about three minutes, and rinse completely.
> >> Might work for you.
> >> --
> >> Christopher A. Young
> >> Learn more about Jesus
> >> =A0www.lds.org
> >> .
> >> Back in the olden days you could take a carburetor to the
> >> shop and
> >> they would put it in "the hot tank". It came out looking
> >> brand new
> >> (the casting). Does anyone know what that chemical was?
> >> I know to take a Holley Dual feed you needed a gallon or
> >> more of it
> >> but I am just interested in little weed eater carbs that
> >> would fit in
> >> a tea cup.
> >> .

> >Oven cleaner would, most likely, dissolve white-metal!!! =A0(acids are
> >not compatible with aluminum or white-metal)
> >bob_v

> =A0Oven cleaner is Caustic, not an acid.

Da...I think this was covered!

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