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ran some seafoam through

Postby jakeesspoo » Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:22 pm

I ran some seafoam through the cub that I got that hadnt been run in 8 years...the cub sounds good but now its blowing out more smoky and black echause than before. I dont know but Im assuming this is good and is cleaning out carbon and other funk I suppose I should keep running it through for a few days if thats the case. :?:

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Postby beaconlight » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:24 pm

Don't just idle it. Work it hard for an hour or two. Pull a plow or make up a box fill it with samd or stone and drag it. That should help. More than one treatment may be needed.
Clean the breather tube too.

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Postby Eugene » Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:38 pm

To add to Beaconlight.

The smoke and crud sounds right. If your using the small temperary tank put a little SeaFoam in the tank. You may want to wait a bit before taking the Cub out for a work out. Depends on how far along you are in the restoration process.

Some of us (me) put about 1/2 can of SeaFoam in the gas tank from time to time. It may take a while to loosen things up.

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Postby freebird » Thu Sep 15, 2005 9:49 am

Instead of mixing it with the fuel, I fashioned up a piece of vacuum tube with a valve and attached the tube directly to the manifold via a port just above the carb. Cranked the engine and opened the valve and siphoned directly from the can. I used about 1/2 can, shut the valve and ran until the smoke cleared.
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