Posted by NCWayne on March 12, 2012 at 07:48:58 from (69.40.232.132):
In Reply to: o/t gas golf cart posted by Chief 83 on March 12, 2012 at 03:35:19:
if you've got it running try putting about double the concentration of Seafoam in the gas as recommeneded on the can and just let the engine run for a while. Start out for a while at low idle and then open it up and let it run at high idle (no load) for a while. Usually this will clean out any varnish present in the carb.
I've had this work for me many times over the years, but there are times when it works...but it doesn't. By that I mean over the weekend I got an old two man auger I own running after setting for close to eight years. After doing what I described above I got it where it would start with a small shot of ether, and idle with the choke on, and eventually to where it would start and idle properly, no choke. Once to that stage I moved to high idle and got that working too.
When I finally got started helping my neighbor put in a few post holes it worked great for about 6 holes. Then it started dying under a load but would still idle perfectly. I'm pretty sure what happened was the Seafoam broke lose a piece of varnish somewhere and clogged a jet in the high speed side.
Like I said it worked, but it worked too good so now I have to open up the carb again and do another thorough cleaning. In the end it's well worth buying a can of Seafoam and trying it before you tear into the carb. Worst case it's good for the gas, and will help clean anything out of the carb you might miss if you do have to tear into it.
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