If not read the Premier Issue of Motorcyclist Retro. Sounds like a good alternative to Berrymans
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Yamaha Carb cleaner dip
Has anyone ever tried the Yamaha carb cleaner dip ?? pn ACC-CARBC-LE-QT Mix with water ?
If not read the Premier Issue of Motorcyclist Retro. Sounds like a good alternative to BerrymansTags: None
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I read the same article. It sounds like a good product however, I still have some Berryman's so until i use that up i'll continue to use the "gold standard".1979 GS850G
2004 SV650N track bike
2005 TT-R125 pit bike
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rodm850g
Yamaha Carb cleaner dip
Guys,
I just used it on my GS850GN that I am bringing out of retirement. It has been in storage for some four years now and knowing the old boy as I do, the first thing I did was to remove the carbs. I had been told about this stuff and is a new version of another product, the old one from Yamaha you mixed so much gas with the cleaner and went from there.....this new product you mix with water.
Back to the old GS, with the carbs disassembled ,al the old cankered up bits went into the vat. I went to Lowes and got me a 1 gallon can from paint dept. I only mixed about half a can full.{using yamahas directions}
left the parts saok for about a day. Every other time I walked by the can I picked it up and swirled the parts within around. Now this product IS NOT like the Berryman cleaner that is very toxic, caustic and not friendly to the environment. As best as I can tell the Yamaha is an organic cleaner.
All parts that went intothe can came out very clean and shiny...the brass parts looked like new ones agin.All in all trhe parts soaked about a day, I am patient and am in no hurry to get through this project in a hurry. This stuff I have to rate 1-10 a 10...its easy to mix, not caustic {but I'd at least have on a pair of nitrile gloves} to retrieve parts from tghe bottom of the can. If I had a can of the Berryman...I might keep it for a while...but It will prolly sit and leak out making a mess....I would take it to closest free haz-mat drop off point I could find.....Our county operates one that accepts oil gas and the like. I gues you could say I like it.
Rodm850g
p.s.
I saved the left over and sealed up the can for future use.....
rod
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Suzuki_Don
I found that if you let the parts sit in the Yamaha solution overnight the parts come out in the same dirty condition that they were in when originally put in the solution. I mixed about 1/3 water and 2/3s Yamaha dip and put the solution on a metal container (billy can) on a primus stove and let the solution simmer for an hour with the carb bodies in it and they came out like new as in pic below.
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Suzuki_Don
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IluvmyGS
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Flaggo60
I tried to buy Berrymans, went to Walmart and NAPA, as well as another Canada-only store and everyone looked at me like I had two heads-Berrymans is not known in this neck of the woods (Eastern Ontario, Canada) at all. The NAPA guy recommended a product called CRC Tyme-1 Carburetor and cold parts cleaner which I bought and used. Seems OK.
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IluvmyGS
Thanks for your info. I can't find Berryman in Napa, Schucks or Wally at all. So, I might have to get alternative which recommend by autopart store then.
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don
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I'm not sure I'd trust a solvent that wasn't plastered with dire warnings and jolly rogers all over the container. That's my standard for oven cleaners, too.and God said, "Let there be air compressors!"
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The Berryman solution wears out ( or rather loads up) over time and does not work as well. Interesting enough the label on my container says it is environmentally friendly. Maybe on Venus.1981 GS650G , all the bike you need
1980 GS1000G Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely
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Originally posted by duaneage View PostThe Berryman solution wears out ( or rather loads up) over time and does not work as well. Interesting enough the label on my container says it is environmentally friendly. Maybe on Venus.Ed
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