Best carburetor cleaner ever! 

This is one of those RU-vid videos that show what RU-vid SHOULD be. Video - EXTREMELY helpful, clear, easy, lists what you will need, a great explanation. PERFECT.

Excellent Ronnie love it no music blaring no intro logos just the simple facts thank you!

Tech for 50 years- 38 as a shop owner. If you have a carb that the air adjustment(s) do not change the mixture try this. Old school way is to use a mixture of white vinigar and water (approx 30/70) and put the disassembled parts in a slow cooker on low over night. Works especially good at disolving the salts created by moisture in the fuel more especially by ethanol that carb cleaners won't touch. Clean the as much grime and gunk as much as possible before the soak.

Remember: "Add acid to water, just like you otter!" This is an important thing to remember and a good phrase to help remember. Doing it the other way can actually cause the acid to explode outward, and it's very nasty stuff.

Very nicely done. No questions left unanswered - thank you!

Just what I needed to clean my carbs, thank you and thanks for your service Sir!

Thank you for your service to our country. And, thanks for explaining as you did - without any of that coarse language that embarrasses. I appreciate you.

So glad i found your page. You have all the answers to all the questions ive had floatin around in my head. New to big blocks and big carbs, this is great info.

Cold wet day here in WV & been trying to clean a Holley 4180 (Holley/Motorcraft collaboration) in a parts washer with ok results. Glad you posted this & I appreciate it. Gonna give this a try after work.

Wow, been looking for something since the old dips were diluted. Thank you for this!

Good tip ! Nice to see people thinking about better ways to deal with problems we face. Kudos!

New subscriber here. Old time carburetor guy (I'm 71 years old). Today both of my vehicles are fuel injection. That carb looks new. Nice job. I don't know what a new carb costs today. Back in the day they were $60/70 dollars. In the 60's that is... Enjoy your no BS video, and waiting for more. Thanks, from warm Florida.

Glad you posted this & I appreciate it. Very good video; direct to the point with no stupid background noise or unnecessary and unrelated conversation. Thanks, great job.

One of the best videos on RU-vid, Ronnie. Great work!

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! Thanks so much for taking the time. I’ve got an old Dominator that NEEDS just this!!

Great job, Sir! the carburetor looks like new to me. Thank you for sharing your experience. Thank you for going straight to the point with the explicit explanation; unlike someone else who kept saying nonsense before getting to the point. May God bless you!

Bad ass ain't no denying it thanks for your service to our country and the carburator cleaner video

Gorgeous carb! Keep sharing with your great discoveries.

I found this just in time... tore my Quadrajet apart & it's in bad need of cleaning... I think I'm gonna give this a whirl.. thanks mate!!! Excellent video

I watch alot of car videos ,...all kinds , your discription was nice and clear ,and the pace was perfect, end result was nice ,...thank you for your service by the way ,Roy

Don't ever think a gunk up carburetor is junk. I've never seen one that couldn't be cleaned and restored to perfect Working order. When walking down a hard packed oil soaked dirt driveway into a car collectors backyard, I Look down and recognise the corner of a Carter afb that had been completely buried into the driveway and had been used as pavement for years. My friends laughed at me as I dug it out of the dirt gave him 5 bucks, cleaned it and the only thing I replaced was the leather or rubber accelerator pump plunger. I even used the old top half gasket. Worked absolutely flawless. Today so many people are blinded by shiny and sparkly things, they don't have a sound understanding of what makes something work. As long as all the internal passages are clean, it's going to work like new.

Ronnie! You did a great job presenting and explaining the video. I'm going to try it on my next rebuild.

Thanks brother for taking the time to explain your inexpensive way to clean a carburetor with excellent results. Going to try this over the weekend on my 2 carbs I just removed from my boat that are not in the best condition. I’ll come back with the results Thanks again

Thanks for the wonderful description, and formulas used. You gave the best presentation anyone could give.

You sir are a true inspiration, Thank you for you sharing your knowledge, if you ever come down under you can see the same results, I followed your steps. Couldn’t be happier

A little baking soda in the cleaning water will neutralize the acid on the carb. Great tip. Hello from the "east side of Oklahoma".

Thank you for the detailed video. Please keep sharing these awesome tips.

Good Job Ronnie, Thanks for your service. I am also a retired mecanic form the Canadian Army and now have a mecanic shop doing Goldwing Motorcycle exclusively at my home to . Many thanks for the good tricks I use a ultrasound cleaner but sure will try my next carb job in muriatic acid from my spa products. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for publishing this. I've been working on motorcycles for the last 50 years. I use Sulfuric acid (20:80 water) to achieve the same result.

Hi Ronnie. Great Video!! I'm a shop owner & have been looking for a good carb cleaner for years. We used to have great cleaners in this industry until the EPA killed them all. Always wondered about acid but never tried it. Now I will! This is a Great Help Thanks for spending the time to bring this to all of us!

This is excellent! I like your methodic approach to the mix of water and muriatic acid. I will try this cleaning in one of my two 1965 Mustangs., with a Ford Autolite 2100 2--barrel carb. Thank you for making this well explained video.

Thank you sir for your service and thank you for taking this old hotrodder back 50 years great knowledge

You're carburetor series has helped me tremendously, I have a 4160 that needs rebuilt and I've been putting off due to fear, but now that thing is as good as rebuilt

Thanks for the tutorial man. It looks gorgeous and I will definitely be trying out your process. This is the first of your videos that I have watched and I look forward to watching more in the future.

Thanks for the demo on how to clean. I have some other carbs that need to be cleaned and this will be used for that project. Thanks Again!

Thank You Mr. Ron! I'm now stoked to be hunting down a double pumper on Craigslist for a song, and all will be well. As the son of a Vietnam Veteran, THANK YOU for your service.

Great Job Ronnie. Thank You for your Service and the video!

Great tip. Retired military here also. ASE Master Tech.

Coast Guard vet here, Vietnam era old fart and gearhead, you've got another sub. I appreciate your passing along the carb cleaning method as I've built my share of carbs through the years and continue to do so. I can remember a time when the available carb cleaner solution was effective, but I guess too many idiots couldn't follow instructions and the government stepped in and made piss out of it.

Hi Ronnie, Excellent video. I found this video several years ago, and now I needed it for a cool resto project. So it's good to go back over all the details and fine points, esp the soda blasting final finish. Thank you so much.

First thanks for serving in the military and second thanks for sharing this tip. I have been very dissatisfied with the over the counter carburetor cleaner gallon can and baskets out there. They are not what they used to be. Thanks!

I'm impressed !

Awesome! I'm up in North Idaho and on a budget. I appreciate you taking time to make your videos. Well done and great advice. Thank you

Excellent video; no nonsense. Rebuilding ‘77 Honda Goldwing carbs…will definitely try your methods. Thanks

Very cool. Several of my projects require carburetor cleaning and rebuild which I have been dreading. Working with the usual highly volatile solvents is not so good for your health to put it lightly. This idea revitalizes my enthusiasm for tackling the carburetor conundrum. Thank you Ronnie. Your propensity for detail kept me glued to the screen. Keep up the good work sir thank you for your service.

You're the man, this stuff also cleans seashells very well too. It does dissolve ferrous metals though (acid porting manifolds), and will destroy all stainless in my experience (stainless and high carbon tweezers rotted away after dropping in the tub)

It was pretty awesome that posted this I was helping my buddy on his car and i had to go out of town for a week and left the carb bowl in the chemtool i had to swap it with another,now i know how to fix it andmake my own cleaner,thanks Bro

Need to rebuild the carbs on my '83 Goldwing. Gonna try this method. Appreciate your time doing this!!

Thank you for sharing. I'm a contractor and my hobby is rebuilding old cars and trucks. I have used muratic acid to clean away oil and grease from concrete with really good results before painting with epoxy. The epoxy run about 100 bucks a gallon so you need good results or it's going to get expensive. And my customers won't be giving me a good referral. I will definitely give this a try. And thank you for your service. Our Son gave all.

Good video info.... To the point with no music and no BS....

Ronnie, thanks, I agree with others, this is the kind of video I'm looking for. Real ways to get good results, so well explained and simply done. I'm a snowmobile guy in the upper Midwest and have always experimented with the best ways to clean 2 stroke carburetors. Nice job, I subscribed so I can see more.

I will definately be trying this when I rebuild my Holley 600. This video explained the process perfectly. Subscribed!

You earned my subscription with your straight forward information Thank you for taking the time Would like to see a video of you soda blasting and set up

Firstly , Thank You for your service ! Second wow that's a cool trick ! Thirdly thanks for sharing the Acid into water and not the other way around ! 👍

I just used this method on 2 holley 660's. Absolutely awesome. This is the best method there is. Thanks for posting this. One of the best videos i have ever seen on RU-vid.

Fantastic well narrated and very well presented. Liked the (only present item) when needed allows student to focus on what your presenting at the time. You are a top class teacher. Thank you from the UK long time, since I played with a four barrel Holley and it’s distant cousin the Rochester. The secondary plates on the Rochester control spring idea and adjustment confused many engineers with mid range bogging, secondaries opening too early as the spring lost its tension! Thanks.

Great instructions and step by step explanations. Been doing this for years on various auto parts. My only suggestion is to add a couple of rounded tablespoons of baking soda to your rinse water to neutralize the acid.

Damn, that carb is spotless !

Enjoying your good work here in S.C. Mr. Henson, keep'em 'coming. I'm retar... retired also and have the time to watch them! Very good video .

Ronnie that special water & acid mix did do a BEAUTIFUL JOB on that old Holley 4 barrel!!!!!!!!! It looks even better than when it was brand spanking new right out of the box!!!!!!!! I bet that would work wonders for even an old GM Quadrajet 4 barrel!!!!!!! Just a simple acid & water mix! Who even knew???? I’m 56 & I have always messed with cars & it just goes to show that you’re NEVER TOO OLD TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW! Thanks for the video!

Absolutely great info Ronnie....Thanks much, very well made video also sir.

Great explanation on using acid safely. I've used muratic acid to break loose so many different rusted together items. From the center shaft of a coats tire machine to the turnover ball assembly of a gooseneck hitch that was so rusted in I picked up the whole truck dangling from the ball and heating it with a rose bud and it would not budge. 30 min after soaking muratic acid down the ball assembly it pulled out with my hand! Of course, this stuff is quite caustic so every precaution needs to be taken. I've also used red devil lye diluted to clean steel and aluminum. But it will damage aluminum if not diluted property and amount of time in the solution strictly controlled. Thanks for the great video!

Very valuable information here, and for that reason, I had to subscribe! Thank you Ronnie! These are the types of informative tips that will get you heard and subscriptions. 👍

Thank you. That was very good info and your explanation of the process was great. You're a natural teacher.

Used TSP on my carb and motor rebuild for prep. Worked well.

This is great! I remember in the 80's building small blocks and Holley and Carter Carbs were what we used. I remember using lots of carb clean, wish I knew about this then, but then again all we had back then was Chiltons no You Tube!

Excellent video for m acid useage. I'm showing this to my 75 yr old dad. He always messing with a carb on something.

I appreciate your video. I just bought a 72 f100. It’s been sitting a long time and I’m certain it’s experiencing some carb troubles. Your video gave me the confidence to clean it myself.

I'm also retired vet and I appreciate the information I've had a hard time cleaning these carburetors thank!!

What a great tip. I'm not happy with the carb cleaners out there and this looks like the answer I've been looking for. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you Ronnie, nice video on the carb. I'm am Ole engine builder and never thought about trying acid. I really enjoyed your video. Don't stop there. GOD BLESS Thank you for your SERVICE.

Found a model 6919 Holley 600 at a garage sale for 5 bucks, pretty dirty and discolored, surface corrosion etc but for 5 bucks hell ya I'm trying this now. Thanks for the video! Awesome man.

"do as you oughta, add acid to water"...never forgot from science class in grade school! Great vid, Great idea!

Thanks Ronnie for Sharing this with all of Us Mate . Great Job on the 750 Double Pumper Brother.

Good job on your video, Ronnie. I wish everybody did them this well. You say exactly what needs to be done (and how to do it) and none of the BS'ing or bragging that is so prevalent on youtube how-tos. Carry on!

Thank you so much for this I've been racking my brain to find a way to clean my carb keep up the good work brother

Great video. Thats what we need, more people like you willing to share these things to save a few bucks - an expensive hobby old classics. Thanks - subbed.

Great tip, Ronnie! I'm a long time automotive and power-sports tech,and this is the ONLY way to properly clean a badly "gummed up" carb, irregardless of what it is on,once the fuel in it has begun to evaporate and thicken.A bad carb clean can have bad results. I use a Safety Clean commercial product,pretty strong,and have both accidentally AND purposely left metal only parts in this solution for as many as four days with no noticeable damage to the castings,but this may cause some pitting on softer metal welsh plugs,and it can etch brass .Only do these longer dips for carbs that CANNOT be replaced,or the carb cleaner/air method has little effect on dried up fuel,(and if you are an experienced,capable technician). And again,as you pointed out,metal and plastic parts only in acid,it will compromise rubber,I.E throttle shaft seals,bowl gaskets,etc.One important thing to remember,though,(users pay attention,you can save yourselves a lot of downtime,money and aggravation),is that a DRY carburetor or fuel system will NEVER need much,if any cleaning after any length of storage.Always drain a fuel system DRY for long term storage,and you will NEVER reach the point of needing this kind of service. IF you have a steel tank,you must keep it wet to prevent rust,but plastic will always be better off dry. I have made a large amount of money cleaning carbs and fuel systems over a long span of time that wouldn't have been necessary by using proper equipment and fuel storage methods.This applies for anything using any hydrocarbon fuel, (gasoline,diesel fuel,alcohol),that will be subjected to long periods of storage or non-use.Don't let the fuel evaporate!

Good to see a good way to clean carbs at low cost. Good gob explaining.

I just wanted to say thank you !! I was about to order a carb for a Honda 50 but literally watch this last night did exactly as you said and boom problem solved !!

Great Info., Great way to clean intake manifold. Thanks for your service.

Will definitely try the acid dip, as well as the soda blast. Thank you

Randomly decided to click on this video after watching some videos on those ultrasonic cleaners. Glad I did, because the results of this actually looks better than a lot of the results I was seeing in those ultrasonic reviews. Plus, for me, they're not exactly cheap. And greetings from Northeast Oklahoma. 🤙🏼

Ur a great guy no joke. No one explains it like u. Thank u for doing it.

This entire process is dang brilliant, Ronnie. I respect and admire your willingness to experiment. I wish I just knew the stuff you have forgotten! Very good video, Sir! Thank You.

Nice work Ronnie. Hello from Cairns, Australia.

First off, Thank You For Your Service SIr. Second, this is an absolute PERFECT video. Thanks for this valuable information.

I absolutely love this video. Thank you! I have a 1963 Lincoln Continental. I appreciate your advice.

Great video Ronnie and thanks for sharing!

Thank you, I've been fighting carburetors my whole damn life. If it's not a vehicle it's a motorcycle, quad, tractor, lawn mower, rototiller. I mean almost constantly fighting carburetors. Bought a ultrasonic cleaner just to clean carburetors. Wasn't impressed with it either. I will definitely try this. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

What a great tip! I have spent a half fortune on carburetor cleaner over the years...not anymore - thanks!

Nice, plain and simple I enjoyed watching this installment.

I’m a machinist, thanks for the great video, right to the point! muriatic acid can be used to remove broken taps, drills, screws etc from aluminum. It won’t hurt the aluminum, but will literally rust out the offending tap. All you need to do is build a wall around the hole to pour in the acid, use modeling clay, not play dough! Or silicone caulking like the stuff you use to fix your fish tank. Once it’s dry, pour in the acid, it will bubble as it eats the tap, when it stops, poke it with a paper clip to get it working again. This process might take a day depending how much steel you need burned out. WEAR SAFETY GLASSES!!!

I have been using muriatic acid on lawnmower engines carbs for 20 years. I used it full strength, maybe I was wrong. I now use it on my water filtration system for cleaning. It works great on iron staining.

Awesome, I'm about to rebuild my old VWs Van's carbs, I've got 2. This helps a bunch, perfect timing I found. Thank you

Thank you sir for that info I was just going to soda blast the whole carburetor but your method makes much more sense

When The Statue of Liberty was renovated a few years ago, they tried several kinds of blasting media, nothing so aggressive that it took off the metal, but aggressive enough to remove the dirt and corrosion. They ended up using baking soda.

Great info. Knew all that just never thought to apply to carbs. I use it on rusted tools and firearm parts. One additional step would be a baking soda/h2O dip to neutralize any remaining acid.

I collect holley carburetors always wondered how to really clean the outside, thanks your video was extremely good thanks

Thank You for putting on this video. I enjoyed it and learned a lot about how to use muriatic acid. I've always known that muriatic acid was a powerful cleaning chemical but I just didn't know how to use it. Now, thanks to you, I do know how to use it.