SHOOTOUT Ultrasonic Cleaner Filled With Pine-Sol Vs. a Pine-Sol Soak to Clean Carburetor Parts 

Thanks for watching!

makes sense but the Pine-Sol was not expensive. I can see it as a way to keep the solution cleaner longer.

I agree. the part that soaked for 24 hours first didn't need much ultrasonic to finish it out.

glad I could help

Crazy. Who knew 💕💕💕💕

I know I was shocked

that may work as an agitator OR it may create a barrier between the part and the solution as air bubbles tend to stick on the side of submerged parts. The other issue would be foam. Most "soaps" are going to produce an excessive amount of foam. A solvent like mineral sprites probably won't foam but then we are adding air to a flammable liquid... probably not a good idea 😁

I was shocked how well it worked

Glad I could help! Make sure you check out my video on pine-sol and how it can etch some metals. It is not a super aggressive etch but important to know as a verity of metals are used for carburetors. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9nCAZA6HThU.html

I have the same 10L Creeworks model, and I use Pine-Sol in mine all the time for carbs... 👍

I was amazed how well it worked. Have you experimented with mixing water with the pine-sol? I have heard 50/50 is actually better but have not needed to clean anything to test it.

yes that is true. It need to be 2/3 full or more so either put clean dummy parts to displace the fluid or add more fluid.

I’m just glad it doesn’t pit the aluminum. I work on small engines and soaking the carbs and other parts in that would be a perfect alternative to what I use. 🤝

it works very well

@@dazecars Very Cool I’ll have to try that! Thanks! 🤝

My pleasure

good point

I have done quite a few tests with pine sol and there was no varnish at all, no film, no residue, nothing but clean metal. If it was an issue in the past it is not an issue now.

good point

no. not yet. I know it will maket it even better but have not had the opportunity to use that function yet.

It is not very affective with corrosion. Most soap based chemicals are not going to tackle corrosion. If the carb body is for sure aluminum the white corrosion power is aluminum oxidize and is very resilient however something lye based will dissolve it BUT it will also etch the aluminum so you need to be very carful not to damage your part. 9do this at your own risk) Purple power is a lye based soap and may cut through the corrosion. lastly many carb bodies are not aluminum but rather pot metal so be extremely carful not to damage the metal as the main ingredient in pot metal is zinc and zinc is easily dissolvable in a verity of chemicals

You MUST rinse it off. It is soap not a solvent like break clean

That is a good idea. A simpler solution might be "a dummy part", something already clean sitting next to the carb body to displace the extra fluid volume needed.

@@dazecars or a big jar full of water

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I checked and it IS in the description, not sure why it's not coming up for you. Here are a few links Amazon link to Ultrasonic Cleaner amzn.to/3HoeQLJ Walmart link to Ultrasonic Cleaner walmrt.us/490SJH0 Let me know if I can be of any further assistance

Great point!

Thanks for sharing

La's awesome will discolor / etch metal be warned look up videos on it discoloring motor blocks you have to really dilute it.. I use the hell of out of it just not in the ultrasonic cleaner .

thanks for the tip

sounds like you have the cheap longer skinny SCR not the good one I recommend in all my videos

No I bought the good one I even put a choke an a farite ring also had to change the potentiometer I put 2 on it like you showed to get the fine feed

As a test try running it without the choke. Don't run it long term this way just to see if that eliminates the problem. Have you added a capacitor to the system?

No I haven't. Should I?

no but they can cause pulsing thats why I asked. It may be easier for you to contact me through my website so you can email me pix so I can see if there is something that jumps out at me.

I think pine is pine when it comes to smell 😂😂

Thanks for the tip! I have been toying with diluting the pine sole for $ savings and actually because some detergents need some water for the soap and grime to bind to but I had not thought about the viscosity. For this shootout I needed to do a 1:1 comparison and the "internet wisdom" was to soak the carb body in 100% pine sol so the ultrasonic test needed to be the same. Thanks for the comment, I really appreciate it.

agreed!!!

I was told by bran sonic tech support that you don’t want to use detergents that are not made specially for US cleaning because they foam up and keep the US from cavitation.

Because you have used it and it's a good carb dip or because you want me to find out if it would work at all?

I thought is smelled way better than other options... but I also minimized the fumes.

It REALLY stinks up your kitchen, when you boil a carb in a pressure cooker with Pine-Sol on the stove.... 😵‍💫 🫢

I can only imagine 😂😂

Will the pinesol affect plastics?

Not all plastics are the same so I would test it on somthing unimportant first.