Topic: Wth is this? Blue sealant on carbs?

[fxef79]

I got a set of PD42 carbs with the K8 engine I just put in the trike. I can’t run them yet because they need a rebuild. The accelerator pump leaks bad. The boots are completely wrong (I think). I’ll run the mikunis for now.

 But I started looking closer at them and I see this goofy stuff.


Who would do this?


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[robvangulik]

Someone who doesn't like the smell of leaking petrol? Mind you, I do not agree with the choice of the medium, but at least he tried to fix it, in a somewhat awkward way....

[Bodi]

A silicon sealant. That, and WD40, are too often misused.

[Alan F.]

My K8's PO loved the blue sealant too.
Who the F does that? Is what I asked him as if someone else had done it, he just laughed and shook his empty little head.

[HondaMan]

My K8's PO loved the blue sealant too.
Who the F does that? Is what I asked him as if someone else had done it, he just laughed and shook his empty little head.

Did your oil jets survive it?
I got an F2 engine for rebuild with torn up cam bearings on one side. The oil jet was blue! And dry.

[Alan F.]

Yup, it had never been run, everything was only finger tight and no oil had ever been added. I haven't gotten it back together yet, but I'll pop the oil jets and clean the passages. It'll be a while, gotta find a place and move house and shop.