Author Topic: float valve seat polish and cleaning  (Read 107 times)

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Offline Don R

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float valve seat polish and cleaning
« on: April 05, 2025, 02:24:20 PM »
 Take a Q tip and wind a little #0000 steel wool around it. It will polish and clean the inside of the float valve. If your needles are good, this might be worth a try.

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Re: float valve seat polish and cleaning
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2025, 02:27:50 PM »
 Also, one cause of hanging floats,
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