Vaporizer clog
Posted by:
EBG (IP Logged)
Date: July 25, 2007 06:27AM
Well, last week the day before our tour here I fired up my 735 with an Empire Burner and went to fill it up with fuel, by the time I got 1/2 way there hardly any fuel was coming out of the jet, so checked the main fuel filter, the little one by the jet, etc. and nothing worked. Tried to pull the cable and it was stuck!
Well, I had pulled the cable and cleaned the vaporizer about 200 miles ago so it seems like it clogged up pretty quick. The vaporizer is 8 feet long 1/4" pipe with a 3/16 " cable. I am burning a mix of diesel and regular unleaded gas, about a 50/50 or 60/40 mix. I could just try kerosene but it is a bit hard to come by out here.
Any suggestions on what I should burn to avoid carbon deposits in the future, and, more pressingly, does anyone have a suggestion on how to free up the cable and clean out my existing vaborizer? I put a cable clamp on the end of the cable and attatched my slide hammer, but have yet to have any success. Thanks, Eric