I am out of Carb cleaner and I want to clean this carb before I install it. I have some Engine (Brite) Cleaner. Can I safely use this or should I just hold out until I can get some carb cleaner?

 

It should be ok. Carb cleaner usually has stronger solvents to get rid of varnish and gum deposits inside the carb, and usually has lubricants to leave a film on external moving parts.

 

So using the engine cleaner won't mess with any seals or anything on the carb? And should I rinse the carb with water when done like I would if I used the engine cleaner on the engine.

 

No, if they can handle gasoline they can handle engine cleaner.

 

Thanks, cleaned up like a shiny new penny...

 

they sell gallon containers of carb cleaner that you dip different carb parts into overnight and they come out nice as well.

 

That's "real" carb cleaner, different from the stuff in the cans. It doesn't have the lubricants, but it'll dissolve just about anything... dirt, varnish, gum, carbon, flesh...

 

I know Steve. I was being cheap because my money was low and I wanted to clean this carb I got from Denny before I put it on the car. So all I had in the garage was some Engine Brite. Someone told me it would eat away the gaskets so I thought i would ask the experts here first. Aperion came with the answer.

 

engine cleaner is mostly diesel based solvents IIRC so it won't eat away at anything.