I an issue. My bike is running real smooth and everything,. I am changing my fork seals so i decided to do some other stuff on the bike and give it a good cleanning. So i took off the farings and the tank and to my suprise RUST!! man i was shock. All on the carbes from white rust to yello to brown so iam wondering if i should take it out and clean it up. I have no problems with the engine. Or should i just leave it in and spray wd40 all over and as far as i can reach. What you guys think i should do really Need some help
shandu, mate have your heard the saying if its not broke then dont fix it .... i would nt really drop the motor out unless you really have to. my carbs are pretty much the same
If you do want to clean the carbs - there is actual carb cleaner that should be used. No idea the effect of WD40 on them. You should just be able to flush out the tank without removing the engine at all. Most of the rust (if not all) would have been caught by the fuel filter so there should be no reason to tank out the tank.
Rust If my engine had rust on it I would take the hour it takes and drop the engine and clean in real good. If I couldnt be botherd I would give it a spray with a compessor, I would use kerosen (wrong spelling but whats new) and spray the engine let it sit for around 20mins then give another blasting, let it sit then wash it off lightly. Kero has a awesome ability to clean **** off metals and afterwards leaving a film of luberication behind. Then I would use engine degreaser, follow instructions of course to get any stubborn grease off and then wash off. The spray with carb cleaner and maybe some WD40. I gess I just like it to be clean!!! <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->
