Carburetor success

[Thumbcocker]

Filled the bowl with B12 and left it overnight. That stuff is HUNGRY! It ate most of the gunk off. Brass brush and 5 ought steel woo did the rest. B 12 will eat nitrile gloves, the color off screw driver handles, and skin. Cleaned out the jets put it back on the engine and IT RAN!

Polaris 300 xpress that hadn't run in at least 8 years and probably more. We drove it around the farm. Total cash utlay was $10 for a new ignition switch and another $15 or so for chemicals.

[megasupermagnum]

B12 is the real deal. There is no other carb cleaner on the market that comes even close. It sure does open your eyes when it melts stuff.

[wddodge]

B12 is the real deal. There is no other carb cleaner on the market that comes even close. It sure does open your eyes when it melts stuff.

It does other stuff to your eyes if it gets in a cut... :)

Denny

[Winger Ed.]

I keep it around in the shop.
Whatever lacquer thinner can do---- B-12 does better.

It's so good, and works so well, its banned in some blue states.

[rockrat]

When it gets in a cut, accidental or otherwise, I call it the "Chemtool Dance"!!! Had a cut on the hand and it was full of dirt/grease/oil and really needed to be cleaned out. Grabbed a can of chemtool B12 and sprayed!!! Cried and danced, but it cleaned the cut and it eventually healed just fine. I am sure it sterilized the cut too!! Not for the faint of heart!!

[pastera]

I toss carbs in the ultrasonic - if they are really gummed up I fill a pyrex beaker with solvent and the carb and put that in the cleaner (saves solvent and reduces the amount of evaporation)

[BrutalAB]

I keep it around in the shop.
Whatever lacquer thinner can do---- B-12 does better.

It's so good, and works so well, its banned in some blue states.

You could be a salesman. Im gonna have to find some.

[KMac]

I am gonna have to go some myself. My son has a bicycle with a motor on it that the carb is all gunked up. Will give the B12 a try on that.

[jeepyj]

I'm going to pick up some of this magic stuff. My last break through I learned about here was Kroal, now I can't live without it.

[Tripplebeards]

Thanks for the heads up. Never tried it. Glad your up and running!

[blackthorn]

If it's that good, better buy a lifetime supply because (now that the word is getting out) some idiot will ban it for sure!

[osage]

I'm adding it to my shopping list.

[Scrounge]

Filled the bowl with B12 and left it overnight. That stuff is HUNGRY! It ate most of the gunk off. Brass brush and 5 ought steel woo did the rest. B 12 will eat nitrile gloves, the color off screw driver handles, and skin. Cleaned out the jets put it back on the engine and IT RAN!

Polaris 300 xpress that hadn't run in at least 8 years and probably more. We drove it around the farm. Total cash utlay was $10 for a new ignition switch and another $15 or so for chemicals.

Tis good stuff! It was my dad's go-to for engine problems for most of my adult life. Can make your own if you're so inclined. https://www.berrymanproducts.com/assets/3A-5M-0112-1112-1165.pdf The SDS shows ingredients and proportions. Probably cheaper and safer to just buy it. I run a can through my vehicles about quarterly. Price is going up, of course. Last can I bought was $3, and now it's upwards of $4. Still worth it, IMO.

Bill

[Epidote]

Filled the bowl with B12 and left it overnight. That stuff is HUNGRY! It ate most of the gunk off. Brass brush and 5 ought steel woo did the rest. B 12 will eat nitrile gloves, the color off screw driver handles, and skin. Cleaned out the jets put it back on the engine and IT RAN!

Polaris 300 xpress that hadn't run in at least 8 years and probably more. We drove it around the farm. Total cash utlay was $10 for a new ignition switch and another $15 or so for chemicals.

I wonder . . . Will it work as a penetrating oil for rusted bolts? Those that even Kroil didn't help.

[Winger Ed.]

I wonder . . . Will it work as a penetrating oil for rusted bolts? Those that even Kroil didn't help.

I doubt it.
At least I've never had much luck with it for that.

If penetrating oil doesn't work by itself, sometimes using it and heating the part will get something loose.
Not always red hot, just where its about too hot to hold.

[Mal Paso]

I wonder . . . Will it work as a penetrating oil for rusted bolts? Those that even Kroil didn't help.

ATF and Acetone 50/50 beat All the commercial penetrating oils in tests.

I have had at least 1 can of B12 in my inventory for the last 50 years.

[SSGOldfart]

Humm B-12 is good for a lot of life's little jobs,but I won't be giving up my kroll any time soon:)

[Petrol & Powder]

You proved me wrong.
I really didn't think you would get off that cheap but clearly you did.

Good Job.

[Petrol & Powder]

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Whatever lacquer thinner can do---- B-12 does better.

It's so good, and works so well, its banned in some blue states.

That's the best endorsement it could have. I would buy it just to piss off the liberals.

[jcren]

Wear safety glasses! Was spraying out a small engine bowl once and the stream rounded the bowl and came right back in my eyes. Worst part is it burns worse when you open your eyes, but it won't evaporate if they are closed. Honestly thought I might have blinded myself for a minute there.

[Scrounge]

Wear safety glasses! Was spraying out a small engine bowl once and the stream rounded the bowl and came right back in my eyes. Worst part is it burns worse when you open your eyes, but it won't evaporate if they are closed. Honestly thought I might have blinded myself for a minute there.

wear the right kind of safety glasses. Polycarbonate lenses shatter when exposed several solvents, including acetone, and something in Berryman's B12 Chemtool. I was lucky, only got a little on the PC glasses, and they just crazed. Still had to replace them, and lucky again I had a spare set. Just a little overspray blown back in my face as the wind went sweeping down the plain.

Bill