Carburetor cleaning
We use WEMA, German
carburetor cleaner for our XZ carburetors.
It comes
in 1 liter bottles
You add 5 liters of water;
put the carburetors in a pan that can hold the 6 liters.
Heat the mixture to 60 degrees
Celsius and keep it at that temperature for at least 20 minutes, and up to 60
minutes for the dirtiest of carburetors.
You can keep the mixture and
it is enough to clean 5 or 6 carburetors that are really dirty. The mixture
gets dirtier and it evaporates slightly during the treatment.
When I found this stuff and
bought it in
In a secondhand shop my wife
found very cheap (I think 2 dollars) a big kettle, large enough to accommodate
a set of XZ carburetors and in a kitchen utensils shop a thermometer to check
the internal temperature of big pieces of meat (more expensive than 2 dollars).
I bored a hole in the cover
to fit the thermometer and this works perfect.
I use also a small metal
sifter to keep the small parts such as jet screws, rubber rings, etc together
and immerse them.
After the hour in the bath
everything has to be rinsed in water under the tap and blown out with
compressed air.
I spray some WD-40 on the
carburetors after mounting them on the bike to keep oxidation away from the
extremely clean outside.
All you
need for carburetor cleaning
A good
temperature check is possible in this way
For ordering this WEMA
cleaner see the WEMA-website:
http://www.wema-motorraeder.de/vergaserreiniger.htm
Sander & XZv2