{"id":84966,"date":"2005-09-22T17:37:15","date_gmt":"2005-09-22T08:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=84966"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:40:56","slug":"carburettor-gets-gunked-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20050922\/everyday-events\/carburettor-gets-gunked-up","title":{"rendered":"Carburettor Gets Gunked Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-344565827\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_11972893_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_11972893_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>According to Teioh&#8217;s number one rule: &#8220;Life should be treated roughly! If you treat it carefully, it will rot without a hitch&#8221;\u2026or so they say.<br \/>\nA 50cc scooter with a carburettor engine that starts but won&#8217;t stay running, and the exhaust smells bad\u2014that&#8217;s definitely a carburettor issue.<br \/>\nWell, if it hasn&#8217;t been run in seven months, that&#8217;s no wonder!!<br \/>\nSure enough, the PJ jet was clogged, but it was so tiny that even carburettor cleaner wouldn&#8217;t dissolve it\u2014we were stuck.<br \/>\nIn cases like this, heat it with a flame! Just don&#8217;t overdo it!<br \/>\nThe clogged stuff disappears! Way better than using some weird jet cleaner or whatever!<br \/>\nAh, it&#8217;s running smooth now\u2026<br \/>\nThree more bikes to go\u2026engine won&#8217;t start, tire and oil and spark plug replacement and adjustment\u2026<br \/>\nThis is exhausting\u2026I want to go home\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;According to Teioh&#8217;s number one rule: &#8220;Life should be treated roughly! If you treat it carefully, it will rot without a hitch&#8221;\u2026or so they say. A 50cc scooter with a carburettor engine that starts but won&#8217;t stay running, and the exhaust smells bad\u2014that&#8217;s definitely a carburettor issue. Well, if it hasn&#8217;t been run in seven months, that&#8217;s no wonder!! Sure enough, the PJ jet was clogged, but it was so tiny that even carburettor cleaner wouldn&#8217;t dissolve it\u2014we were stuck. In cases like this, heat it with a flame! Just don&#8217;t overdo it! The clogged stuff disappears! Way better than using some weird jet cleaner or whatever! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84965,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-84966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}