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Old 05-23-2017, 01:05 PM
Adriel Adriel is offline
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Originally Posted by Frank Reiner View Post
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Perhaps you could alert all of us as to the source of what you "saw", so that no one will ever rely on that source.

Bringing a strong, non-petroleum based solvent into contact with the diaphragms in the fuel distributor is a spectacularly bad idea.
The solvents in "carb cleaners" are intended for metal cleaning, and will attack any rubber, whether natural or synthetic.
A more appropriate solvent would be kerosene, or "paint thinner/mineral spirits".
Mr. Reiner, thank you so very much for the help!

It was the Source, but on a 6,3, so maybe different.

Brake cleaner fall into that also, right? I keep that way from rubber just based on what it does to my skin (you try and avoid, but still happens).

Or diesel oil, right? Kerosene is #1 diesel, thus my thought of why.
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