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    Good ideas of cleaning carbon out of an expansion pipe

    The service book says you take an old chain or wire and insert it into a two stroke expansion pipe to clean out the carbon. Does anyone have any other good teqniques I have seen a few guys on YouTube heat up the pipe and burn the carbon out with a flame, that's a little nuts. I have a can of carb choke cleaner and have been spraying that inside. Any other good ideas, trying to clean a fmf fatty pipe off of a 1986 250r.





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    When I rebuild a pipe I take a MAPP torch and heat every inch of the expansion chamber cherry red and burn the carbon deposits out. It's not nuts, it works. Just do it on a concrete floor or outside. Lots of flames and smoke. Once it's cooled tap on the pipe and watch all the carbon come out.
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    The map gas tourch will not discolor the crome finish on the fmf pipe?
    Last edited by yaegerb; 10-12-2016 at 10:46 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greenhaze20 View Post
    The map gas tourch will not discolor the crome finish on the fmf pipe?

    It will, but you could polish it out. I have a buffing wheel that I use if the chrome is discolored afterwards.

    I don't know if you can chuck this up in a drill, but this may be an alternative if you are worried about discoloration.

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    Thanks for the knowledge i may try both ways.

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