11-07-2024, 12:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-07-2024, 12:52 PM by Steve Jones.)
The thought of using any sort of drill bit to clean out a blocked slow running jet frightens me. Even hand held and to the correct size, if nothing else it sounds like a good recipe for the jet to become blocked permanently if/when the bit fractures. As Robert suggests, a piece of fuse wire or a strand of wire from a piece of electrical cable is about it. Other than that, if well blocked, ultra sonic cleaning may be the only way.
I appreciate that the jet in question is already blocked but, once clear, making sure it doesn't block again is a plan. I used to get a blockage to the slow running jet two or three times a year, particularly when the car had not been used for a period. I thought that this was, probably, the result of the petrol remnant in the jet evaporating but leaving a residue. That stopped when I started leaving the car ticking over but turning the petrol tap off when I was putting it away and leaving it ticking over until the engine stalled. That results in no petrol remnant being left in the jet. Since then, no blocked slow running jet. Appreciate that will now be a case of famous last words but it's works for me so far.
Steve
I appreciate that the jet in question is already blocked but, once clear, making sure it doesn't block again is a plan. I used to get a blockage to the slow running jet two or three times a year, particularly when the car had not been used for a period. I thought that this was, probably, the result of the petrol remnant in the jet evaporating but leaving a residue. That stopped when I started leaving the car ticking over but turning the petrol tap off when I was putting it away and leaving it ticking over until the engine stalled. That results in no petrol remnant being left in the jet. Since then, no blocked slow running jet. Appreciate that will now be a case of famous last words but it's works for me so far.
Steve