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Originally Posted by ModelA29
Good old smelly Berryman carb cleaner. I haven't bought any in 10 years so I suspect any sold in CA today won't work.
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So true, unfortunately. “California compliant” means twice as expensive and half as effective. Doesn’t matter whether it’s carb cleaner, brake cleaner, automotive paint or even portable generators.
I’ve used recent Berrymans and it works, sorta, but not nearly as well as the stuff we geezers grew up with. That stuff would take even the gunkiest, most varnish ridden carburetor and return it sparkling clean. New stuff, yeah, it loosens the goo but you have to scrub like hell to get it out.
And don’t get me started on Brakleen. The new green can “50 state compliant” stuff is basically acetone. Fire hazard and it evaporates immediately. I periodically find the old red can stuff in gallon jugs on the river store, so I buy it and put it into a compressed air sprayer.