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Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 7:32 am
by hohocc
My very old OS20 has the throttle gummed up and is stuck at around full throttle after many years of sitting. I managed to get it running today, hoping the heat generated might help free things up but no joy, so am after any useful ideas. I have a few other engines that will be much the same when I go to resurrect them! On the positive side the old 80/20 castor fuel has preserved it well from what I could see when I removed it from the model for a clean up and external degunge. My best guess is to soak the carb in new fuel (for a few days?), unless anybody can come up with a better solution.
Thanks.

Re: Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:27 am
by BillGriffiths100
Take the throttle off and boil it in water for an hour+ this will loosen all the gunge and you should be able to disassemble it and scrub it clean with an old toothbrush you can then use solvents to remove the last bits.

Re: Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 12:21 pm
by Keith
I like WD40.. If you soak it for a couple of days it may help... I even use it to get the fat and grease off the barbie... Smells funny for a couple of days though...
Beats all the wifes spray on kitchen cleaners...

Re: Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:31 pm
by hohocc
Excellent, thanks for the help!
And that's a great idea with the BBQ too...

Re: Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:11 am
by AshleyB32
heating in water is the go and when u get it apart heat it some more then hit it with some solvent plane methanol or something and scrub it b4 the old caster-oil hardens up again ive done it quite a few times my self

Re: Gummed up throttle

PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:03 am
by hohocc
Thanks the water worked really well!