How to Maintain Marine Carburetors parts

If you own a marine, obviously you want to preserve the functionality and efficiency of your marine carburetor, therefore, maintaining it regularly becomes so important. In general, the most common problem is that the oil that remained turns into a gel that hardly dissolves in new gas, as a result, it must be mechanically removed with the help of a carburetor cleaner. Before you can actually clean your carburetor, you have to remove it first from the engine, than disassemble it for cleaning.
You will then need to unscrew the large brass screw of the fuel bowl from the side of each carburetor bank with the use of flat screwdriver in order to drain the remaining fuel from the carburetor. Pay attention, you have to use a clean rag in order to absorb the draining fuel from the carburetor bowl. Also, you have to be very careful in removing this screw because a steel screwdriver can easily deform, damage and destroy the head of the screw. Besides, you need to remove the screws of the fuel bowl, then lift it up. And the main jet need to be removed with the use of a screwdriver. During the process, you have to be very careful so as not to damage the orifice.
Now you have to clean the jets using a pick or torch tool. You need to remove most of the jets if not all of the oil turned into gel and then wash them so all the remaining residue will be removed as well. Rinse the bowl when all the gel has been removed already. Next, put on your safety goggles and blow through the fuel pathways with the aid of compressed air and an air nozzle to fully remove any gel that might have been left. When you have ensured that it is entirely free of any gel residue, spray cleaner through the jets on the body of the carburetor. Observe if the carburetor cleaner is coming out of the port to ensure an unblocked air pathway. Now shoot compressed air and carburetor cleaner through the pilot and main fuel tubes in the body. You also have to check if the cleaner is coming out of the port. Re-install each of the jets, and tighten them securely with a small screwdriver or a jet driver. Blow all remaining traces of carburetor cleaner, gel or debris from the carburetor body and fuel bowl. Then you can put back the fuel bowls on the carburetor body and re-install the bowl screws. Tighten the screws securely. Finally, re-install the drain screws and tighten it securely with a screwdriver.Read more to zjautoparts.net.