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Carburetor Treatments 4 Years, 11 Months ago  
I saw some discussions in another thread so I thought it might be useful to get everyones viewpoints in one easily-to-find thread.

My opinion .....

If you need to do a carb treatment on a regular basis then you're running too rich. Period.

Now there are various reasons why you may be running rich, from an overly rich jetted carb to running the engine cold (such as short trips in cool weather).

I believe the best treatment is to cure the cause of the rich condition rather than adding gas/carb treatments to 'fix' it.

Once you have carbon-fouled the engine, then these treatments are effective at temporarily fixing the condition but I don't believe that you should be relying on them to keep the engine clean.

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